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REGULAR SEASON GAME #5 Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) vs. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-2) DATE: Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ET SITE: Heinz Field (64,800) • Pittsburgh, Pa. PLAYING SURFACE: Natural Grass TV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2) ANNOUNCERS: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play) Rich Gannon (analyst) LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio Network WDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970) ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play) Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfley (sideline) A LOOK AT THE COACHES Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin Overall regular-season record: 106-58 (.646)/11th season Regular-season record with Pittsburgh: 106-58 (.646)/11th season PlayoRecord/Years: 8-6 (.571)/seven years Jacksonville Jaguars Head Coach Doug Marrone Overall regular-season record: 18-20 (.474)/fourth season Regular-season record with Jacksonville: 3-3 (.500)/second season PlayoRecord/Years: n/a www.steelers.com For all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers. PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONS Burt Lauten - Director of Communications Dominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media Manager Angela Tegnelia - Public Relations Assistant www.steelers.com PITTSBURGH STEELERS 3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203 412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878 PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 SCHEDULE PRESEASON (3-1) Friday, Aug. 11 @ New York Giants W, 20-12 (KDKA) Sunday, Aug. 20 ATLANTA W, 17-13 (KDKA) Saturday, Aug. 26 INDIANAPOLIS L, 19-15 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 31 @ Carolina W, 17-14 (KDKA) REGULAR SEASON (3-1) Sunday, Sept. 10 @ Cleveland W, 21-18 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 17 MINNESOTA W, 26-9 (FOX) Sunday, Sept. 24 @ Chicago L, 23-17 OT (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 1 @ Baltimore W, 26-9 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 8 JACKSONVILLE 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 15 @ Kansas City* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 22 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 29 @ Detroit* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 5 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 12 @ Indianapolis* 1 p.m. (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 16 TENNESSEE 8:25 p.m. (NBC/ NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Nov. 26 GREEN BAY* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 4 @ Cincinnati 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 10 BALTIMORE* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 17 NEW ENGLAND* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Dec. 25 @ Houston 4:30 p.m. (NBC/ NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Dec. 31 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS) * - Times may change due to exible scheduling POSTSEASON Sat.-Sun., Jan. 6-7 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 13-14 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 21 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 28 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 4 Super Bowl LII (Minneapolis, Minn.) NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3-1) vs. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (2-2) Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 • 1 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.

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REGULAR SEASON GAME #5Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1)

vs.Jacksonville Jaguars (2-2)

DATE: Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 | KICKOFF: 1 p.m. ETSITE: Heinz Field (64,800) • Pittsburgh, Pa.

PLAYING SURFACE: Natural GrassTV COVERAGE: CBS (locally KDKA-TV, channel 2)

ANNOUNCERS: Kevin Harlan (play-by-play)Rich Gannon (analyst)

LOCAL RADIO: Steelers Radio NetworkWDVE-FM (102.5)/WBGG-AM (970)

ANNOUNCERS: Bill Hillgrove (play-by-play)Tunch Ilkin (analyst) | Craig Wolfl ey (sideline)

A LOOK AT THE COACHESPittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin

Overall regular-season record: 106-58 (.646)/11th seasonRegular-season record with Pittsburgh: 106-58 (.646)/11th season

Playoff Record/Years: 8-6 (.571)/seven years

Jacksonville Jaguars Head Coach Doug MarroneOverall regular-season record: 18-20 (.474)/fourth season

Regular-season record with Jacksonville: 3-3 (.500)/second seasonPlayoff Record/Years: n/a

www.steelers.comFor all of the most up-to-date information on the Pittsburgh Steelers, visit the team’s offi cial web site at www.steelers.com Updated daily, the web site has the most extensive information on upcoming games and the most comprehensive news on the Steelers.

PITTSBURGH STEELERS COMMUNICATIONSBurt Lauten - Director of CommunicationsDominick Rinelli - Public Relations/Media ManagerAngela Tegnelia - Public Relations Assistant

www.steelers.com

PITTSBURGH STEELERS3400 South Water Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15203412-432-7820 • Fax: 412-432-7878

PITTSBURGH STEELERS2017 SCHEDULE

PRESEASON (3-1)

Friday, Aug. 11 @ New York Giants W, 20-12 (KDKA) Sunday, Aug. 20 ATLANTA W, 17-13 (KDKA) Saturday, Aug. 26 INDIANAPOLIS L, 19-15 (KDKA) Thursday, Aug. 31 @ Carolina W, 17-14 (KDKA)

REGULAR SEASON (3-1)

Sunday, Sept. 10 @ Cleveland W, 21-18 (CBS) Sunday, Sept. 17 MINNESOTA W, 26-9 (FOX) Sunday, Sept. 24 @ Chicago L, 23-17 OT (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 1 @ Baltimore W, 26-9 (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 8 JACKSONVILLE 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 15 @ Kansas City* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 22 CINCINNATI* 1 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Oct. 29 @ Detroit* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Nov. 5 BYE WEEK Sunday, Nov. 12 @ Indianapolis* 1 p.m. (CBS) Thursday, Nov. 16 TENNESSEE 8:25 p.m. (NBC/

NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Nov. 26 GREEN BAY* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Monday, Dec. 4 @ Cincinnati 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 10 BALTIMORE* 8:30 p.m. (NBC) Sunday, Dec. 17 NEW ENGLAND* 4:25 p.m. (CBS) Monday, Dec. 25 @ Houston 4:30 p.m. (NBC/

NFL Network/Amazon) Sunday, Dec. 31 CLEVELAND* 1 p.m. (CBS)

* - Times may change due to fl exible schedulingPOSTSEASON

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 6-7 Wild Card Weekend Sat.-Sun., Jan. 13-14 Divisional Playoff Games Sunday, Jan. 21 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 28 Pro Bowl (Orlando, Fla.) Sunday, Feb. 4 Super Bowl LII (Minneapolis, Minn.)

NOTE: All times are Eastern | Home games in Bold CAPS

PITTSBURGH STEELERS (3-1)vs.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (2-2)Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017 • 1 p.m. (ET) • Heinz Field • Pittsburgh, Pa.

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MEDIA NOTES— WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE —

Steelers’ Head Coach Mike Tomlin will conduct a press conference on Tuesday, Oct. 3, at approximately Noon in the Steelers’ press conference room at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex.

— OFFICIAL STEELERS WEBSITE —Media and fans can read about the latest Steelers news on the offi cialSteelers website. The site, www.steelers.com, features breaking news statistics, player biographies and much more.

— MEDIA-ONLY SECTION OF www.steelers.com —The Steelers Media Relations Department off ers a “Media-Only” section on steelers.com. To sign up for this service, go to http://www.steelers.com/mediarelations/ and register as a new user below the left hand navigation bar. Then follow the instructions on the Media Relations page and once your registration is approved, you will receive an email and can access all information. If you have any questions or problems, please email [email protected].

— NFLCOMMUNICATIONS.COM —Journalists worldwide have access to the dedicated media websitefeaturing news from the NFL and its teams. Daily releases, statistics,domestic and international NFL updates and other information about the NFL are available.

STEELERS NATION HD RADIOSteelers Nation Radio is a 24-hour/day HD radio station dedicated specifi cally to the Pittsburgh Steelers. It can be heard on www.steelers.com, the offi cial Steelers app or the iheart app on your smartphone, and at 102.5 WDVE HD2.A daily schedule of what is on Steelers Nation HD Radio is available at www.facebook.com/steelersnationradio.

STEELERS RADIO COVERAGE

For the 19th consecutive year, WDVE-FM (102.5) and WBGG-AM (970) are carrying all Steelers games. Additionally, Steelers games can be heard on a 48-station network spanning Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, New York and South Carolina. All Steelers’ games will be broadcast in Spanish on steelers.com. For the 24th straight season, Bill Hillgrove serves as the “Voice of the Steelers” and handles play-by-play duties for the broadcast. Joining Hillgrove for his 19th season as an expert analyst is Tunch Ilkin, the former Steelers All-Pro off ensive tackle. Joining the team for his 15th season is former Steeler off ensive lineman Craig Wolfl ey, who provides sideline analysis. Fans in Mexico can also listen to Steelers broadcasts on Grupo Im-agen and games are heard on www.steelers.com/espanol. Stations on the Steelers Radio Network include:

FLAGSHIP STATIONS (2)WDVE-FM (102.5)WBGG-AM (970)

PENNSYLVANIA (31)Altoona-WVAM (1430)Altoona-WRKY (104.9)Beaver Falls-WBVP (1230)Beaver Falls-WMBA (1460)Bedford-WBVE (107.5)Bradford-WESB (1490)Butler-WISR (680)Chambersburg-WCHA (800)Clarendon-WKNB (104.3)Clarion-WCCR (92.7)Cooperstown-WUUZ (107.7)DuBois-WOWQ (102.1)Erie-WRKT (100.9)Gettysburg-WGET (1320)Grove City-WWGY (95.1)Homer City-WCCS (1160)Johnstown-WNTJ (1490)Johnstown-WRKW (99.1)Latrobe-WCNS (1480)Milton-WVLY (100.9)Mount Union-WHUN (106.9)Punxsutawney-WPXZ (104.1)Riverside/Selinsgrove-WVSL (92.3)Saegertown-WUUZ (94.3)Somerset-WNTI (990)Starview-WONN (92.7)State College-WQWK (1450)Uniontown-WMBS (590)Washington-WJPA (1450)Williamsport-WCXR (99.3)Williamsport-WZXR (103.7)

OHIO (4)Columbus-WYTS (1230)Columbus-WYTS (105.3)Fremont-WOHF (92.1)Youngstown-WNIO (1390)

MARYLAND (4)Cumberland-WRQE (106.1)Frederick-WFMD (930)Frostburg-WFRB (560)Hagerstown-WHAG (1410)

WEST VIRGINIA (7)Fairmont-WRLF (94.3)Fairmont-WMMN (920)Huntington-WVHU (800)New Martinsville-WXCR (92.3)St. Mary’s-WJAW (630)Wheeling-WBBD (1400)

SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Myrtle Beach-WRXZ (107.1)

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

TUESDAY, OCT. 3• Coach Tomlin Press

Conference: Noon Live on Steelers.com

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 4• Player availability open locker

room 9:30 - 10 a.m.

• Practice 1:15 - 3:15 p.m.

• Post-practice player availability 3:15 - 3:45 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

THURSDAY, OCT. 5• Player availability open locker

room 12:30 - 12:45 p.m.

• Practice 1 - 3 p.m.

• Post-practice player availability 3 - 3:30 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

• Coordinators available after practice

FRIDAY, OCT. 6• Practice 10:45 a.m. -

12:30 p.m.

• Player availability open locker room 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.

• Coach Tomlin available upon request after practice

SATURDAY, OCT. 7

• No media availability

SUNDAY, OCT. 8

1 p.m. (ET)Home Game

vs. Jacksonville Jaguars(Heinz Field)

CBS(locally KDKA-TV,

Channel 2)

MONDAY, OCT. 9

TBA

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2017 SCHEDULE NOTES The Steelers are slated to appear in fi ve nationally televised primetime games during the NFL’s 2017 regular season, and on Christmas Day, this season. The Steelers’ fi ve nationally televised primetime games are scheduled in a span of seven weeks, including three at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh’s three home nationally televised primetime games in 2017 consist of hosting the Tennessee Titans in Week 11 on Thursday Night Football (NBC, 8:25 p.m.) on Nov. 16, the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night Football on Nov. 26 in Week 12 (NBC, 8:30 p.m.) and the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday Night Football in Week 14 on Dec. 10 (NBC, 8:30 p.m.). The Steelers’ two other primetime matchups in 2017 will occur on the road in Weeks 8 and 13. The team will travel to face the Detroit Lions in Week 8 (Oct. 29) for a Sunday Night Football tilt (NBC, 8:30 p.m.), and at the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 13 (Dec. 4) for a Monday Night Football game (ESPN, 8:30 p.m.) For the second consecutive year, and for the second time in franchise history, the Steelers will play on Christmas Day. Pitts-burgh will travel to Houston for a Monday, Dec. 25 matchup at the Texans (NBC, 4:30 p.m.). The Steelers’ bye week will be on Nov. 5 (Week 9).

A TRIBUTE TO DAN ROONEY Throughout the 2017 season, Steelers players will sport a

patch on the right side of their jer-seys in memory of the late Chair-man Ambassador Dan Rooney. The patch - with Rooney’s initials - DMR - which stands for Daniel Milton Rooney - is lovingly envel-oped in black and gold shamrock to honor, remember and show love and respect for the man who was more than an owner, but family to the players.

@SteelersPRDeptThe Steelers Communications Department has created a Twitter account – @SteelersPRDept – for media to follow for news and information relating to the team. The department’s Twitter account is the the primary platform for how the team disseminates news and information including press releases, media advisories, practice and media availability times and more.

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED The Steelers will log just 6,694 miles traveled during the 2017 season - the fewest miles among all 32 NFL teams:

FEWEST MILES TRAVELED IN 2017 TEAM NUMBER OF MILES TRAVELED Pittsburgh 6,694 Cincinnati 7,662 Green Bay 8,074 Detroit 8,218 Chicago 8,318 Based on the estimated round-trip distance for every regular-season road game

STEELERS HALL OF HONOR The Steelers announced their inaugural Hall of Honor class on Aug. 29 at an event in the PNC Champions Club at Heinz Field. Twenty-seven members were announced in the class who will be inducted during a formal ceremony during Alumni Weekend (Nov. 25-26), and the inaugural class will be introduced during halftime of the Steelers game vs. the Green Bay Packers on Nov. 26. The inaugural class includes the following (in alphabetical order):

• Jerome Bettis• Mel Blount• Terry Bradshaw• Jack Butler• Dermontti Dawson• Bill Dudley• Joe Greene• Kevin Greene• L.C. Greenwood• Jack Ham• Franco Harris• Dick Hoak• John Henry Johnson• Walt Kiesling• Jack Lambert• Bobby Layne• John McNally• Chuck Noll• Arthur J. Rooney, Sr.• Daniel M. Rooney• Andy Russell• Donnie Shell• John Stallworth• Ernie Stautner• Lynn Swann• Mike Webster• Rod Woodson

Each inductee will receive a replica of a solid steel football, which will replicate the original that was given to Steelers’ founder Art Rooney Sr. by the United States Steel Corporation and United Steel Workers in 1982 on the occasion of the team’s 50th Season. They will be part of a display to be located inside the FedEx Great Hall at Heinz Field. The Steelers announced plans for a Hall of Honor on Aug. 1. The Hall of Honor will induct former players, coaches, and front offi ce personnel who were integral in creating and sustaining the franchise’s success dating back to when the team was founded in 1933.

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STEELERS 2017 DRAFT CLASS LB T.J. Watt (1st round, 30th overall): Played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin...appeared in 27 games, making 14 starts, over a two-year span...recorded 70 tackles, including 17 stops for losses and 11.5 sacks in his career.

WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (2nd round, 62nd overall): Played collegiately at the University of Southern California...totaled 213 catches for 3,092 yards with 25 touchdown catches in 40 games played (39 starts).

RB James Conner (3rd round, 105th overall): Finished his Uni-versity of Pittsburgh career second on the school’s all-time charts for rushing yards (3,733), total touchdowns (56) and rushing touchdowns (52) charts, while setting Atlantic Coast Conference records in total touchdowns and rushing touchdowns.

QB Joshua Dobbs (4th round, 135th overall): Compiled a 23-12 record as a starting quarterback at the University of Tennessee, including 3-0 in Bowl games...his collegiate numbers include 9,360 yards of total off ense (7,138 passing, 2,160 rushing and 62 receiving), while setting school records for career rushing yards by a quarterback, career rushing touchdowns by a quarterback (32) and single-season rushing scores by a quarterback (12 in 2016).

DB Brian Allen (5th round, 173rd overall): Appeared in 42 games at the University of Utah, making 12 starts, and tallied 62 tackles (44 solo), 14 passes defensed and fi ve interceptions.

2017 BY THE NUMBERS

3RDLB T.J. Watt became the third player in NFL history - fi rst on

Kickoff Weekend - to record 2.0 sacks and an interception in an NFL debut, accomplishing the feat in Week One at Cleveland. He joined Charles Glaze (Oct. 4, 1987) and Tommy Haynes

(Oct. 4, 1987).

10THTE Jesse James opened the 2017 season with his fi rst career

multi-touchdown game - catching two scoring tosses from QB Ben Roethlisberger. It marked the 10th such game by a

Steelers tight end since 1960 and fi rst since 2012 (Heath Miller, Sept. 23, at Oakland).

11-4Pittsburgh improved to 11-4 on Kickoff Weekend since 2003,

with a 21-18 win at Cleveland on Sept. 10

11-182The number of receptions - a new Steelers Kickoff Weekend

team record - WR Antonio Brown hauled in at Cleveland - for 182 receiving yards - the second-most by a Steeler in a Week

One game.

15The number of sacks the Steelers defense has tallied in

Games 1-4 - tying as the second-most by Pittsburgh since sacks became offi cial in 1982.

30WR Antonio Brown recorded the 30th 100-yard receiving

game of his NFL career on Kickoff Weekend - breaking a tie with Hines Ward (29) for the most such games in team history.

50QB Ben Roethlisberger won his 50th game as a starter vs. an AFC North opponent in Week One, quarterbacking the Steelers

to a 21-18 win at Cleveland.

104WR Antonio Brown set an NFL record for the fewest games to reach 650 career receptions in his 104th in Week Three at

Chicago.

125QB Ben Roethlisberger became the seventh player in NFL history to record 125 regular-season wins as a starter with a

26-9 win in Week Two vs. Minnesota.

1998The last time the Steelers recovered a punt blocked for a

touchdown - LB Anthony Chickillo recovered a punt blocked by LB Tyler Matakevich in the end zone in Week One at

Cleveland.

STEELERS PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

Tyson Alualu......................... (AH-loo AH-loo)Le’Veon Bell ......................... (Lay-vee-on)Anthony Chickillo ................. (Chick-il-oh)Matt Feiler ............................ (Fy-ler)Ramon ...................... (Ruh-moan)Javon Hargrave.................... (Jay-von)Tyler Matakevich .................. (Matt-uh-kev-ich)Ben Roethlisberger .............. (Roth-lis-ber-ger)Ryan Shazier ....................... (Shay-zier)Stephon Tuitt ........................ (Steff-on Too-it)

Foster

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BALTIMORE THE STEELERS

• Pittsburgh is 3-1 (2-1 on the road) and 2-0 against AFC North teams in 2017.• The Steelers are 23-20 in regular-season history against the Ravens (10-12 on the road).• Pittsburgh improved to 7-2 in regular-season games against Baltimore in the month of October (4-0 on the road in the month).• Pittsburgh has won each of the previous two regular-season games against Baltimore.• The Steelers are 447-283-2 during the regular season since 1970.• Yielded nine points to the Ravens – the ninth time in regular-season series history against Baltimore holding the Ravens to nine points or less – and third occasion on the road.• Held Baltimore scoreless in the fi rst half for the third time in regular-season series history (Nov. 9, 1997 and Sept. 7, 2003).• Limited the Ravens to 69 yards of off ense in the fi rst half – tying as the fewest yards allowed in the fi rst half in regular-season series history (Nov. 5, 2007).• Totaled seven tackles for loss to mark the team’s third game in 2017 with seven or more stops behind the line of scrimmage.• Recorded the longest off ensive possession in the NFL in 2017 – spanning 10:23 in the fi rst quarter – on 16 plays for 84 yards.

HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• Improved his regular-season record to 106-58 since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007 (46-37 on the road).• Improved to 10-11 as the Steelers’ head coach in regular-season games vs. Baltimore (4-7 on the road).• Is now 43-19 in regular-season games vs. AFC North foes (20-12 on the road).• Improved to 27-12 in regular-season games during the month of October (11-8 on the road).• Is now 81-14 when the Steelers hold a lead at halftime.

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Tied for the team lead in receptions (Le’Veon Bell) with four grabs for 34 yards.• Has registered at least one reception in 112 consecutive games in which he has played, including the postseason – dating back to October 3, 2010.• Has registered at least one reception in 103 consecutive regular-season games – dating back to October 3, 2010. • Increased his career reception total to 78 in games against Baltimore – the most among active NFL players in games vs. the Ravens.• Increased his receiving yards total to 8,765 – the second-most in team history.• Increased his scrimmage yards total to 8,884 – the fourth-most in team history.

WR MARTAVIS BRYANT• Caught three passes for 48 yards (16.0 avg.).

WR JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER• Set a new single-game high in receiving yards (47) on three catches, along with a touchdown.• Caught his second touchdown reception of his rookie season – an 11-yard pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the second quarter.

FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BALTIMORE QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER

• Completed 18-of-30 passes for 216 yards with one touchdown and an interception.• Improved to 126-61 as a starter during the regular season (56-39 on the road).• Increased his Steelers franchise record for the most wins as a starting quarterback to 126 (Terry Bradshaw, 107).• Is now 11-8 against Baltimore in the regular-season as a starter (3-6 on the road).• Has compiled a record of 51-17 as a starter against AFC North opponents (25-10 on the road).• Increased his NFL records in completions (391), passing yards (4,665), touchdown passes (36) and pass plays of 25-plus yards (35) in games vs. Ravens.

RB Le’VEON BELL• Led all players with a game high 186 yards from scrimmage (144 rushing yards on 35 carries / 42 receiving yards on four catches) and scored two rushing touchdowns.• His two rushing touchdowns marked the fi fth multi-rushing touchdown game of his NFL career.• His 186 yards from scrimmage are the seventh-highest output in his NFL regular-season career and his 144 rushing yards tie as the sixth-most in his NFL regular-season career.• Posted the 15th 100-yard rushing game of his NFL career his third in his career against Baltimore, and tying John Henry Johnson for the fi fth-most 100-yard games in Steelers history.• Moved into a tie with Rashard Mendenhall (29) for the fi fth-most rushing touchdowns in Steelers history.• Has scored at least one rushing touchdown in each of the previous two games.• Moved into a tie with Merril Hoge for the 13th-most touchdowns from scrimmage in team history, with 34.• Increased his career rushing total to 4,369 – the fi fth-most by a Steeler in team history.• Increased his career rushing total to 4,369 – the fi fth-most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve years with the team.• Surpassed Louis Lipps (6,406) for the seventh-most scrimmage yards in Steelers history.• Increased his career scrimmage yards total to 6,472 – the second-most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve years with the team.• Has posted at least 100 yards from scrimmage in 33 career regular-season games and 150 yards from scrimmage for the 12th time in his NFL career during the regular-season.• Surpassed Merril Hoge (241) for the second-most receptions in Steelers history among running backs.• Recorded 95 yards from scrimmage in the fi rst half (57 rushing / 38 receiving) – the sixth-most scrimmage yards in the opening half of a game in his NFL career.• Totaled 56 yards from scrimmage in the fi rst quarter - the 13th time in his NFL career with 50 or more yards in the opening stanza of a game.

G DAVID DeCASTRO• Extended his consecutive regular-season games started streak to 60 – the third-longest active consecutive games started streak among NFL guards.

RB JAMES CONNER• Totaled 26 rushing yards on four carries, including a run of 23 yards in the fi rst quarter – the longest running play by the Steelers in 2017.

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FROM LAST WEEK’S GAME AT BALTIMORE DE CAMERON HEYWARD

• Registered the third multi-sack game in his regular-season career, bringing down Baltimore QB Joe Flacco twice, increasing his 2017 sack total to 3.0 and his career total to 28.0.• Credited with a forced fumble and fumble recovery in the second quarter giving Pittsburgh the ball at the Baltimore 28-yard line – the third forced fumble and third fumble recovery of his NFL career.

DE STEPHON TUITT• Credited with a half-sack of Baltimore QB Joe Flacco (nine yards) in the fourth quarter, increasing his season total to 0.5 and his career total to 12.0.

CB WILLIAM GAY• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 164 – the longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL defensive players.

CB MIKE HILTON• Tallied the fi rst sack and interception of his NFL career, a six-yard takedown of Baltimore QB Joe Flacco, in the third quarter, and picked off Flacco in the fourth quarter.

S SEAN DAVIS• Led the secondary with 5 tackles, all solo, and posted on pass defensed.

LB RYAN SHAZIER• Led the defense with 11 tackles (10 solo), along with a tackle for loss, one interception and three passes defensed.• Hauled in the fi fth interception if his NFL career, picking off Baltimore QB Joe Flacco in the fourth quarter.

LB BUD DUPREE• Credited with a half-sack of Baltimore QB Joe Flacco (nine yards) in the fourth quarter, increasing his season total to 1.5 and his career total to 10.0.

LB ARTHUR MOATS• Extended his consecutive regular season games played streak to 68 – tied as the fi fth-longest active consecutive games played streak among NFL linebackers.

K CHRIS BOSWELL• Converted two-of-three fi eld goals attempts (30- and 49-yards), improving to seven-of-nine on fi eld goal tries in 2017.• Tied Mike Clark (1964-67: 57) for the eighth-most fi eld goals made in Steelers history.

THE STEELERS IN 2017

Regular Post Season SeasonOverall: 3-1 0-0At Home: 1-0 0-0On the Road: 2-1 0-0Neutral: 0-0 0-0

By Month: September 2-1 0-0 October 1-0 0-0 November 0-0 0-0 December 0-0 0-0 January 0-0 0-0

vs. AFC: 2-0 0-0 vs. AFC North 2-0 0-0 vs. AFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. AFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. AFC West 0-0 0-0

vs. NFC: 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC East 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC North 1-1 0-0 vs. NFC South 0-0 0-0 vs. NFC West 0-0 0-0

When: When Scoring First: 2-0 0-0 When Opponent Scored First: 0-1 0-0 When Scoring 20 or More Points: 3-0 0-0 When Scoring Less Than 20 Points: 0-1 0-0 When Leading after the fi rst quarter: 2-0 0-0 When Trailing after the fi rst quarter: 0-1 0-0 When Tied after the fi rst quarter: 1-0 0-0 When Leading at the Half: 3-0 0-0 When Trailing at the Half: 0-1 0-0 When Tied at the Half: 0-0 0-0 When Leading after three quarters: 3-0 0-0 When Trailing after three quarters: 0-1 0-0 When Tied after three quarters: 0-0 0-0 When Outrushing the Opponent: 2-0 0-0 With 35 or More Rushing Attempts: 1-0 0-0 With Less Than 25 Passing Attempts: 0-0 0-0 When Led in Time of Possession: 2-0 0-0 When Trailed in Time of Possession: 1-1 0-0

On Turf: 0-0 0-0 On Grass: 3-1 0-0

When led in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 2-0 0-0 When even in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 1-1 0-0 When trailed in Takeaway/Turnover Ratio: 0-0 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Rusher: 1-0 0-0 With an Individual 300-Yard Passer: 0-0 0-0 With an Individual 100-Yard Receiver: 1-1 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Rusher: 0-1 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 300-Yard Passer: 0-0 0-0 With an Ind. Opponent 100-Yard Receiver: 0-0 0-0

When winning the coin toss: 2-0 0-0 When losing the coin toss: 1-1 0-0 When playing outdoors: 3-1 0-0 When playing indoors: 0-0 0-0 In overtime games: 0-1 0-0

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STEELERS-JAGUARS HISTORY Series History: Series began in 1995 Overall Regular Season: Even, 11-11 At Pittsburgh: Steelers lead, 6-4 At Jacksonville: Jaguars lead, 7-5 Neutral Sites: n/a Streak: Steelers won previous three meetings Last Regular-Season Meeting: Oct. 5, 2014, at Jacksonville Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9 Postseason Series: N/A

(preseason and postseason record not included in overall series record)

This week’s game will mark the 23rd regular-season meetingbetween Pittsburgh and Jacksonville...each team owns 11 wins in the regular-season series between the two clubs...Sunday’s game will bethe 11th time the two teams will meet in Pittsburgh, where the Steelers have won six of the previous 10 home games against theJaguars...the two teams have met nine times in the month of October during the regular-season, with the Steelers holding a 6-3 advantage in the month of October vs. the Jaguars, including a 3-2 mark at home in October.

THE LAST TIME VS. JACKSONVILLE

Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9October 5, 2014

Everbank Field (66,198)

JACKSONVILLE - CB Brice McCain returned a Blake Bortles interception 22 yards for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to lift the Steelers to a 17-9 victory over the Jaguars at Everbank Field. Jacksonville got on the board midway through the fi rst quarter with K Josh Scobee’s 43-yard fi eld goal. Early in the second quarter K Shaun Suisham connected on a 24-yard fi eld goal to tie the game 3-3. Pittsburgh took the lead for good right after the two-minute warning in the fi rst half when QB Ben Roethlisberger found TE Michael Palmer for a one-yard touchdown. The touchdown capped off a 10-play, 70-yard drive and was Palmer’s fi rst career touchdown as a Steeler. Jacksonville cut the lead 10-9 by the end of the third quarter on Scobee’s two made fi eld goals (35 and 36 yards), and the team got a splash play on defense when the Steelers were driving. With the Steelers at the Jaguars’ 13-yard line, Roethlisberger was sacked and stripped and the fumble was recovered by DL Andre Branch. But on the Jaguars second play of their ensuing drive, Bortles was picked off by McCain and he returned it for a score to seal the victory for Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh’s defense held the Jaguars to less than 100 rushing yards, the fi rst time since 2012 that the Steelers held three straight opponents to less than 100 rushing yards.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (3-2) 0 10 0 7 17Jaguars (0-5) 3 3 3 0 9

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREJAX 1 5:17 Scobee 43 yd. FG 15-43; 8:08 0-3PIT 2 12:35 Suisham 24 yd. FG 9-65; 3:35 3-3PIT 2 1:53 Palmer 1 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick) 10-70; 4:53 10-3JAX 2 0:09 Scobee 35 yd. FG 10-58; 1:44 10-6JAX 3 3:16 Scobee 36 yd. FG 8-68; 3:17 10-9PIT 4 11:12 McCain 22 yd. interception return (Suisham kick) --- 17-9

2017 TEAM STATS Steelers Category Jaguars 22.5 ..................................... Points Scored Per Game ...............................27.3 14.8 .....................................Points Allowed Per Game ..............................18.5 19.8 ....................................... First Downs Per Game .................................20.8 322.0 ......................................Total Yards Per Game ...............................327.8 95.0 .....................................Rushing Yards Per Game ............................148.8 227.0 ................................... Passing Yards Per Game .............................179.0 15 .....................................................Sacks By ..............................................18 4 ................................................. Interceptions By ...........................................5 31:22 ....................................Avg. Time of Possession .............................30:54 10 .................................................. Touchdowns ............................................12 3 ............................................. Rushing Touchdowns .......................................3 6 ............................................. Passing Touchdowns .......................................7 1 ...........................................Touchdowns on Returns ....................................2 7-9 ................................................. Field Goals ..........................................9-11 41.1 ............................................... Punting Avg. .........................................47.2 6.1 ..............................................Punt Return Avg. .......................................2.6 18.2 .......................................... Kickoff Return Avg.....................................20.0

2017 AFC NOTH STANDINGS

2017 AFC North Standings W L T Pct. Pts. Opp.Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 90 59Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 60 80Cincinnati 1 3 0 .250 64 67Cleveland 0 4 0 .000 63 107This Week in the AFC North:Sunday, Oct. 1:Pittsburgh (3-1) vs. Jacksonville (2-2), 1 p.m. (CBS, locally KDKA-TV)Cincinnati (1-3) vs. Buff alo (2-2), 1 p.m.Cleveland (0-4) vs. New York Jets (2-2), 1 p.m.Baltimore (2-2) at Oakland (2-2), 4:05 p.m.

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Jaguars1st Downs 20 123rd Downs 8-16 (5)%) 3-12 (25%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 1-1 (100%)Total Net Yards 372 243Plays-Avg. 68-5.5 52-4.7Rushing Yards 111 56Rush Att.-Avg. 28-4.0 15-3.7Net Passing 261 187Att.-Comp.-Int. 36-26-0 36-22-2Sacks By 1-4 4-12Punts-Avg. 5-45.4 5-45.0Penalties 7-50 4-34Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0

Time of Poss. 35:17 24:43

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 15-82; Blount 8-29; Archer 1-2; Wi. Johnson 1-0; Roethlisberger 3-(-2). Jax. – Johnson 4-27; Bortles 4-14; Gerhart 4-9; Robinson 3-6. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 36-26-0, 273, 1 TD. Jax. – Bortles 36-22-2, 191. RECEIVING: Pit. – A. Brown 5-84; Bell 5-36; Miller 3-46; J. Brown 3-26; Blount 3-17; Archer 2-8; Moore 1-26; Wheaton 1-17; Wi. Johnson 1-12; Palmer 1-1, 1 TD; Heyward-Bey 1-0. Jax. – Robinson 5-51; Hurns 4-26; Harbor 3-22; Brown 2-26; Todman 2-23; Sanders 2-12; Robinson 2-(-1); Gerhart 1-20; Ta’ufo’ou 1-12.

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STEELERS-JAGUARS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Jaguars in Bold ItalicFormer Steelers/Jaguars

Steelers DE Tyson Alualu entered the NFL as a fi rst-round (10th overall) draft selection of the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2010 NFL Draft, and spent his fi rst seven seasons in the NFL as a Jaguar where he started 88-of-110 before joining Pittsburgh in 2017.

Steelers CB Mike Hilton entered the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent with Jacksonville in 2016.

Area Connections Jaguars CB Lafayette Pitts and S Barry Church are

from Pittsburgh, Pa. Pitts also played collegiately at the University of Pittsburgh.

Jaguars LB Paul Posluszny is from Aliquippa, Pa., and played collegiately at Penn State.

Jaguars QB Chad Henne is a native of Wyomissing, Pa. Pittsburgh S Sean Davis and Jacksonville DE Yannick

Ngakoue and WR Arrelious Benn are natives of Washington D.C. Davis and Ngakoue were teammates at the University of Maryland.

Steelers WRs Antonio Brown and Eli Rogers, CB Artie Burns and DE Stephon Tuitt are all from Miami, Fla., along with Jaguars WR Allen Hurns.

Pittsburgh RB Le’Veon Bell and Jacksonville OL Patrick Omameh are natives of Columbus, Ohio.

Steelers RB Terrell Watson and Jaguars DL Malik Jackson are from Los Angeles, Calif.

NFL Connections Pittsburgh OC Todd Haley and Jacksonville OL coach

Pat Flaherty coached for the Chicago Bears for three seasons together (2001-03).

Pittsburgh STC Danny Smith and Jacksonville WR coach Keenan McCardell were a part of the Washington Redskins coaching staff from 2010-11.

Smith also on staff in Washington with Jacksonville Defensive Asst. Mike Rutenberg for the 2004-05 seasons.

Steelers WR coach Richard Mann and Jaguars DC Todd Wash coached for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the 2007-09 seasons.

Steelers Off ensive Asst. Shaun Sarrett coached at Duke, along with Jaguars TE coach Ron Middleton from 2008-11.

Steelers LB Arthur Moats (2010-13) played under Jaguars HC Doug Marrone when Marrone was the Buff alo Bills HC (2013-14).

PIT-JAC SERIES HIGHS

Passing YardsSteelers Kordell Stewart 317 10/26/1997Jaguars Mark Brunell 308 12/2/1999

Rushing YardsSteelers Rashard Mendenhall 146 10/16/2011Jaguars Fred Taylor 234 11/19/2000

Receiving YardsSteelers Yancey Thigpen 196 10/26/1997Jaguars Jimmy Smith 164 9/22/1997

STEELERS-JAGUARS CONNECTIONS

Steelers in Bold; Jaguars in Bold ItalicCollege Connections

Pittsburgh WR Martavis Bryant and CB Coty Sensabaugh attended Clemson University, along with Jacksonville OL Tyler Shatley for one season (2011).

Steelers LB Vince Williams and Jaguars CB Telvin Smith shared a locker room for the Florida State Seminoles.

Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey and Jaguars DE Lerentee McCray attended Florida together from 2008-09.

Pittsburgh CB Artie Burns, LB Anthony Chickillo and Jacksonville OL Brandon Linder and WR Allen Hurns played at the University of Miami for one season together (2013).

Steelers S Sean Davis and Jaguars DE Yannick Ngakoue played together at the University of Maryland from 2013-2015.

Pittsburgh DE Stephon Tuitt shared a locker room at Notre Dame with Jacksonville DT Sheldon Day and TE Ben Koyack (2012-13).

Steelers QB Landry Jones and Jaguars CB Aaron Colvin played for the Oklahoma Sooners (2010-12).

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WHAT TO LOOK FOR

FROM THE STEELERS• With a win, the Steelers will improve to 4-1 in 2017 and to 2-0 at Heinz Field on the season.• With a win on Sunday the Steelers will have earned their 95th regular-season victory at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001.• With a win over Jacksonville, the Steelers would improve to 448-283-2 during the regular season since 1970.• The Steelers look to improve to 12-11 all-time against the Jaguars in regular-season history and to 7-4 in home games vs. Jacksonville.

FROM HEAD COACH MIKE TOMLIN• A win would improve Tomlin to 107-58 during the regular season (61-21 at home).• Looks to improve to 4-1 in his regular-season Steelers’ tenure against Jacksonville and to 2-1 at home.

FROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE

QB BEN ROETHLISBERGER• With a win, would improve to 127-61 as a starter during the regular season and to 71-22 at home.• With a win, would improve to 5-2 vs. Jacksonville in the regular season as a starter and to 2-1 at home against the Jaguars.• Is one 300-yard passing game from notching 50 in his regular-season NFL career.• Will become the 11th quarterback in NFL history to throw for at least 300 yards in 50 regular-season games and the ninth to do so with one team with 300 yards or more on Sunday.

RB Le’VEON BELL• His next 100-yard rushing game will mark the 16th of his NFL career and will break a with tie John Henry Johnson for the fi fth-most 100-yard games in Steelers history.• Needs one rushing score to break a tie with Rashard Mendenhall (29) for fi fth-most in franchise history.• Is 13 rushing yards from surpassing John Henry Johnson (4,381) for the fourth most in Steelers history.• Is 116 scrimmage yards from moving into sixth in team history (Heath Miller: 6,577).

WHAT TO LOOK FORFROM THE STEELERS OFFENSE (CONT’D)

WR ANTONIO BROWN• Needs one touchdown catch to break a tie with Lynn Swann (51) for sole possession of the third-most touchdown grabs in team history.• Will increase his Steelers record for the most 100-yard receiving games in team history to 32 with his next 100-yard game.• Is 235 receiving yards from joining Hines Ward (12,083) as the second player in team history with at least 9,000 receiving yards.• Will surpass Marvin Harrison (563) for the most receptions in any fi ve-year span in NFL history with 83 in 2017.• With 100 catches in 2017, will become the fi rst player in NFL history to record 100 or more receptions in fi ve consecutive years.• With 1,000 receiving yards in 2017, would become the fi rst player in Steelers history to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in fi ve consecutive seasons.

FROM THE STEELERS DEFENSE

LB JAMES HARRISON• Is a half-sack from 80.0 in his career with the Steelers.

CB WILLIAM GAY• Will break a tie with Rod Woodson to set the record for the most interceptions returned for touchdowns in team history with his next pick six of six.

FROM THE STEELERS SPECIAL TEAMS

WR/PR ANTONIO BROWN• One punt return for a touchdown to break a tie with Antwaan Randle El for the most in Steelers history with fi ve.

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TOMLIN AMONG THE BEST Since being named named head coach of the Steelers in 2007, Mike Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to 106 victories in the regular season - the third-most wins in the NFL during that time span:

NFL TEAM RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT TEAM RECORD PLAYOFF APP. SUPER BOWL APP. New England 128-36 9* 4 Green Bay 109-54-1 9* 1 Pittsburgh 106-58 7* 2 Indianapolis 101-63 7 1 Denver 97-67 5 1 *Includes 2016 postseason

Tomlin’s .646 winning percentage is the third-best regular season winning mark among active NFL head coaches (min. 50 games):

ACTIVE HEAD COACH WINNING PCT (MIN. 50 GAMES) COACH W L T Win Pct. Bill Belichick (Cle 1991-95, NE 2000-pres.) 239 117 0 .671 Mike McCarthy (GB 2006-pres.) 117 62 1 .653 Mike Tomlin (Pit 2007-pres.) 106 58 0 .646 Bruce Arians (Ari 2013-pres.) 43 24 1 .640 Andy Reid (Phi 1999-2012, KC 2013-pres.) 177 114 1 .608 Chuck Pagano (Ind 2012-pres.) 50 34 0 .595

TOMLIN AT HOME Mike Tomlin has guided the Steelers to a 60-21 career regular-season record at Heinz Field, including a 1-0 mark at home to start the 2017 season. Tomlin earned his 50th regular season home win in Week Nine in 2015 vs. Oakland and joined Chuck Noll (119) and Bill Cowher (85) as the third head coach in Steelers history with 50 regular season home victories. Tomlin has led Pittsburgh to at least fi ve home wins in each of his fi rst 10 seasons as the team’s head coach and six home wins in seven of his 10 at the helm. His 60-21 (.741) mark at home and his 60 home wins are the third best in the NFL since 2007:

HOME GAME RECORDS: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 71 12 0 .855 Green Bay 65 17 1 .789 Pittsburgh 60 21 0 .741 Baltimore 59 23 0 .720 Seattle 58 24 0 .707

TOMLIN IN THE DIVISION Mike Tomlin owns a 43-19 all-time record against teams in the AFC North since becoming the Steelers’ head coach in 2007. His 43 regular-season wins against division opponents are the most of any AFC North team since 2007:

AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007

TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 43 19 0 .694 Baltimore Ravens 37 26 0 .587 Cincinnati Bengals 32 30 0 .516 Cleveland Browns 13 49 0 .210

He owns an impressive 23-7 record against divisional foes at Heinz Field during the regular season:

AFC NORTH INTER-DIVISION HOME GAME RECORDSSINCE 2007

TEAM W L T Win Pct. Pittsburgh Steelers 23 7 0 .767 Baltimore Ravens 22 10 0 .688 Cincinnati Bengals 17 14 0 .548 Cleveland Browns 9 23 0 .281

Tomlin has won at least four games against division opponents in six of his 10 seasons as the team’s head coach.

TOMLIN VS. NFC During his career, Mike Tomlin’s regular-season record against the NFC is 27-15, including 16-5 at home. The Steelers’ .643 regular-season winning percentage against the NFC since 2007 under Tomlin is second-best among AFC teams:

AFC RECORDS VS. NFC: 2007-CURRENT Team W L T Pct. New England 32 10 0 .762 Pittsburgh 27 15 0 .643 Denver 26 15 0 .634 Baltimore 24 16 0 .600 Tennessee 24 17 0 .585

Including the postseason Tomlin has a .636 winning percentage (28-16) against the NFC during his fi rst 11 years, which ranks fi rst among Steelers’ head coaches.

PRIMETIME SPECIALIST Since the 2011 season, the Steelers have played in 28 primetimegames, including a Week One Monday Night Football gameat the Washington Redskins to kickoff the 2016 season(W, 38-16), a Week Four Sunday Night Football tilt at Heinz Field vs. Kansas City (W, 43-14) and a Week 12 Thursday Night game on Thanksgiving Day at the Indianapolis Colts (W, 28-7). Mike Tomlin, the 10th-year head coach, has guided Pittsburgh to a30-16 overall record in regular-season primetime games. He is 10-2 on Monday Night Football, 14-8 on Sunday Night Football and 6-6 on Thursday Night Football.

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TOMLIN IN 10 In his fi rst 10 seasons as the head coach of the Steelers, Mike Tomlin has an extensive list of accomplishments. Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victrory in Week 14 of 2016 at Buff alo in his 157th career regular-season games to mark the fewest games by a Steelers head coach to reach the century mark in the win column (Chuck Noll: 158 and Bill Cowher: 163). His 103 wins in his fi rst 10 seasons are the most wins in team history for any coach in his fi rst 10 campaigns and his two Super Bowl appearances are second-most for the franchise for a coach in his fi rst 10 seasons. Tomlin’s seven postseason berths are tied as the most in a coach’s fi rst 10 seasons with the Steelers and his fi ve division titles are third-most. Below is a look at where Tomlin ranks among Steelers’ coaches in their fi rst 10 seasons:

STEELERS HEAD COACHES IN THEIR 10th YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD Mike Tomlin (2007-current) 103-57 (.644) (2007-current) Chuck Noll (1969-1991) 88-53-1 (.623) (1969-1978) Bill Cowher (1992-2006) 99-61 (.619) (1992-2001)

HEAD COACH SUPER BOWL APP. SUPER BOWL WINS Chuck Noll 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) 3 (1974, ‘75, ‘78) Mike Tomlin 2 (2008, ’10) 1 (2008) Bill Cowher 1 (1995)

HEAD COACH PLAYOFF APPEARENCES Bill Cowher 7 (1992-97, 2001) Chuck Noll 7 (1972-78) Mike Tomlin 7 (2007, ’08, ’10, ’11, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16)

HEAD COACH DIVISION TITLES Bill Cowher 6 (1992, ’94-’97, 2001) (AFC Central) Chuck Noll 6 (1972, ’74, ‘75, ‘76, ‘77, ‘78) (AFC Central) Mike Tomlin 5 (2007, ’08, ’10, ‘14, ‘16) (AFC North)

TOMLIN’S 100TH IN 10 Mike Tomlin became the third head coach in Steelers history to record 100 regular season wins in Week 14 of 2016, with the team’s 27-20 victory at Buff alo. He joined Chuck Noll (1969-91: 193) and Bill Cowher (1992-2006:149) in the team’s 100-win club to make the Steelers the fi rst NFL franchise with three 100-win head coaches. Tomlin’s 100th win occurred in his 10th season with the Steelers,becoming the fi rst Pittsburgh head coach to reach 100 wins in his fi rst10 years (Bill Cowher: 1992-2001: 99 and Chuck Noll: 1976-78: 88). Tomlin also joined an elite head coach fraternity in NFLhistory by reaching 100 wins in his 10th season:

• He is the ninth head coach in NFL history to win 100 games in his fi rst 10 seasons with one franchise, joining Bill Belichick (New England), Mike Ditka (Chicago), Joe Gibbs (Wash-ington), John Madden (Oakland), Mike McCarthy (Green Bay), Marty Schottenheimer (Kansas City), Mike Shanahan (Denver) and Don Shula (Miami).

AMONG COACHES IN FIRST 10 Mike Tomlin earned his 100th regular-season victrory in Week 14 at Buff alo in 2016, and has accumulated a 103-57 regular-season record in his fi rst 10 seasons as a head coach in NFL (2007-16). Tomlin is one of eight head coaches in NFL history with 100 or more regular-season wins in their fi rst 10 seasons as a head coach:

MOST WINS AMONG NFL HEAD COACHESIN THEIR FIRST 10 SEASONS AS A HEAD COACH

HEAD COACH YEARS WINS George Seifert 1989-96, 1999-2000 113 Don Shula 1963-72 105 Mike McCarthy 2006-15 104 Mike Tomlin 2007-16 103 John Madden 1969-78 103 Tony Dungy 1996-2005 102 Mike Ditka 1982-91 101 Joe Gibbs 1981-90 101

TOMLIN GOING FOR TWO Pittsburgh converted three of their nine two-point attempts in 2016, their fi rst two conversions both coming in the fi rst quarter of games (Oct. 2 vs. Kansas City and Oct. 16 at Miami). The Steelers converted 8-of-11 two-point attempts in 2015. Their eight succesful two-point conversions set a new NFL record in a single-season. Below is a look at the number of two-point conversions and attempts since Mike Tomlin became the team’s head coach in 2007:

STEELERS TWO-POINT CONVERSION PCT.UNDER MIKE TOMLIN: 2007-CURRENT

YEAR CONV-ATT PCT. 2007 2-of-2 100% 2008 0-of-1 0% 2009 0-of-0 0% 2010 2-of-2 100% 2011 0-of-0 0% 2012 1-of-2 50% 2013 1-of-2 50% 2014 4-of-4 100% 2015 8-of-11 72.7% 2016 3-of-9 33% 2017 0-of-1 0% TOTALS 21-of-34 61.8%

FEWEST TO 100 Mike Tomlin reached 100 regular-season wins in 157 games, the sixth-fewest games to reach 100 career victories among coaches who began their career since 1970:

FEWEST GAMES COACHED TO 60 WINS COACH TEAM(S) NO. OF GAMES George Seifert San Francisco-Carolina 133 Mike Ditka Chicago 150 Joe Gibbs Washington 150 Mike McCarthy Green Bay 150 Tony Dungy Tampa Bay-Indianapolis 156 Mike Tomlin Pittsburgh 157

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HEINZ FIELD ADVANTAGE The Steelers have won each of their previous four regular-season home games at Heinz Field, including Week Two’s home opener against Minnesota (26-9). Pittsburgh has won at least six home games in nine seasons at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. The Steelers are 94-34-1 (.733) at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001, which is the second-best home game winning percentage in the NFL during that time span:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE NFL:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 108-23 .824 Pittsburgh Steelers 94-34-1 .733 Baltimore Ravens 95-35 .731 Green Bay Packers 95-35-1 .729 Seattle Seahawks 93-37 .715

The Steelers have the third best record among AFC teams in home games since the 2001 season in interconference games:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. AFC:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 83-15 .847 Indianapolis Colts 69-28 .711 Pittsburgh Steelers 68-28 .708 Baltimore Ravens 69-29 .704 Denver Broncos 66-32 .673

Pittsburgh’s 26-6-1 record at home against NFC opponents since opening Heinz Field in 2001 is the second best in the AFC:

BEST HOME RECORD IN THE AFC vs. NFC:2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Baltimore Ravens 26-6 .813 Pittsburgh Steelers 26-6-1 .803 New England Patriots 25-8 .758 Denver Broncos 24-9 .727 Cincinnati Bengals 20-9-3 .672

WINNING ERA OF FREE AGENCY Pittsburgh owns the third-best regular-season record in the NFL since the free-agency era (since 1993) with a 244-143-1 (.630) record. The Steelers are one of three teams (New England: 262 and Green Bay: 248) to record at least 240 regular season wins since 1993. The following is a look at the best regular-season records in the free agency era (since 1993):

BEST REGULAR-SEASON RECORDS IN THE FREE AGENCY ERA1993-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. New England Patriots 262-126 .675 Green Bay Packers 248-139-1 .640 Pittsburgh Steelers 244-143-1 .630 Denver Broncos 236-152 .608 Indianapolis Colts 226-162 .582

ACTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS The Steelers have fi nished with an 8-8 (.500) mark or better in each of the previous 13 seasons, dating back to 2004. Pittsburgh’s 13-season streak of a .500 winning mark or better is the second-longest active in the NFL, and is tied as the team’s record for most consecutive non-losing seasons (1972-1984):

MOST CONSECUTIVE NON-LOSING SEASONS:ACTIVE STREAKS

TEAM STREAK YEARS New England Patriots 16 2001-16 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 2004-16 Green Bay Packers 8 2009-16 Denver Broncos 6 2011-16

WINNING AT LEAST 4 AT HOME The Steelers have won at least four home games in each of the previous 17 seasons (since 2000), marking the longest active streak in the NFL:

MOST CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH AT LEASTFOUR HOME WINS - ACTIVE STREAK

TEAM CONSECUTIVE SEASONS Pittsburgh Steelers 17 (2000-16) New England Patriots 16 (2001-16) Arizona Cardinals 10 (2007-16) Green Bay Packers 10 (2007-16)

HOME NUMBER TO NOTE

263-101-1The Steelers own the best home record in the NFL with a

263-101-1 record (.722) since 1970.

HEINZ FIELD UNDER THE LIGHTS The Steelers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 43-14 on Sunday Night Football at Heinz Field in Week Four in 2016 - the team’s 29th primetime game at Heinz Field since the stadium opened in 2001. Pittsburgh has won 22 of its 29 home games under the lights since 2001. The team’s .759 winning percentage at Heinz Field in primetime games is the second-best and its 22 wins are the fourth most since 2001:

BEST REGULAR-SEASON HOME PRIMETIME GAME RECORDS2001-CURRENT

TEAM RECORD WIN PCT. Seattle Seahawks 20-5 .800 Pittsburgh Steelers 22-7 .759 Green Bay Packers 24-8 .750 Baltimore Ravens 16-6 .727 New England Patriots 23-9 .719

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BEN IN 2017 QB Ben Roethlisberger has quarterbacked the Steelers to a 3-1 start to open the 201 season. In Week One, the team’s 21-18 win on Kickoff Weekend at Cleveland, Roethlisberger completed 24-of-36 passes for 263 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The win marked his 50th as a starter in his regular-season career against AFC North Opponents. In Week Two, in the Steelers’ Heinz Field home opener against Minnesota, Roethlisberger earned his 125th regular-season victory as a starter in the 26-9 win. He completed 23-of-35 passing for 243 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 104.8 in the win. Roethlisberger threw for 216 yards on 18-of-30 passes with one touchdown and an interception in the team’s 26-9 win at Baltimore in Week Four.

HOME COOKING

QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 70-22 (.761) mark in the regular season in his career as a starter at Heinz Field, including winning his fi rst eight starts as a rookie in 2004.

Since the start of the 2011 season, the signal caller is 32-10 at home as a starter. Over that time period, Roethlisberger is one of four active quarterbacks to have a passer rating of at least 100.0 at home during the regular season (105.7).

Below is a breakdown of Roethlisberger’s statistics in his Heinz Field career:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS AT HEINZ FIELD CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................70-22 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ...............64.5 (1,908-of-2,956) Passing Yards .................................................24,206 Passing Touchdowns......................................... 175 Interceptions ....................................................... 72 Passer Rating ....................................................99.6 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 28 Multi-Touchdown Performances ............. 51 (39-11 record)**Threw 3 touchdowns in Week 10 of 2015, but did not start

Roethlisberger has thrown at least one touchdown pass in each of his last 45 home games at Heinz Field - the third-longest streak in NFL history and the longest active:

CONSECUTIVE HOME GAMES Rk. PLAYER (YEAR) WITH AT LEAST 1 TD PASS 1. Drew Brees (10/18/09-11/27/16) 60 2. Tom Brady (9/14/09-12/14/14) 47 3. Ben Roethlisberger (12/19/10-present) 45 4. Dan Marino (10/9/83-11/14/88) 39 5. Aaron Rodgers (10/5/08-12/2/12) 35

STARTING IN STYLE In his career, QB Ben Roethlisberger owns a 126-61 (.674) record as a starting quarterback in the regular season - the third best regular season record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts). The following is a look at the top fi ve starting records among active quarterbacks in the NFL (min. 50 starts):

STARTING RECORDS AMONG ACTIVE QBs (Min. 50 Starts)

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM W L T Pct. 1. Tom Brady, NE 185 54 0 .774 2. Russell Wilson, SEA 58 25 1 .696 3. Ben Roethlisberger, PIT 126 61 0 .674 4. Aaron Rodgers, GB 93 46 0 .669 5. Andy Dalton, CIN 57 38 2 .598 Roethlisberger earned 117 wins in his fi rst 175 regular-season starts - the second-most by an NFL QB in League history through 175 starts:

NUMBER OF WINS Rk. PLAYER IN FIRST 175 STARTS 1. Tom Brady 136 2. Ben Roethlisberger 117 T3. Peyton Manning 116 Brett Favre 116 Johnny Unitas

Roethlisberger made his 150th career regular season start in Week 8 vs. Indianapolis in 2014 to become just the fourth quarterback in NFL history to record 100 wins in their fi rst 150 regular season starts (Tom Brady: 116, Joe Montana: 108, Terry and Bradshaw: 102). Roethlisberger registered his 90th career win in his 135th career start, becoming the fi fth fastest quarterback who began their career in the Super Bowl era to reach 90 wins. His 63-27 record after his fi rst 90 starts in the NFL ranked third (tied) in league history for the best record in such starts. Only Brady (67-23) and Stabler (66-23-1) had better records in their fi rst 90 starts in the NFL. Roethlisberger’s record is tied with Jim McMahon.

WINNING NO. 125 QB Ben Roethlisberger became the seventh quarterback in NFL history to record 125 regular-season game wins as a starter during the Steelers’ Week Two win against Minnesota (26-9) at Heinz Field. Roethlisberger joined Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, John Elway, Drew Brees and Tom Brady as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with at least 125 regular-season wins as a starting quarterback:

MOST REGULAR-SEASON WINS Rk. PLAYER AS A STARTING QB T1. Brett Favre 186 Peyton Manning 186 3. Tom Brady 185* 4. John Elway 148 5. Dan Marino 147 6. Drew Brees 133* 7. Ben Roethlisberger 126*

*Denotes Active Players

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CONTROLLING THE NORTHQB Ben Roethlisberger is 51-17 (.750) as a starter against

AFC North opponents during his career and led the Steelers to the best divisional record during the 2013 and 2014 regular seasons (4-2) and in 2016 (4-1).

Since 2010, Roethlisberger is 27-10 against divisional foes during the regular season.

Roethlisberger has fi nished with a .500 or above record against AFC North opponents during the regular season in 12 of his 13 NFL seasons, including winning at least fi ve games in four campaigns:

ROETHLISBERGER RECORD VS. AFC NORTH AS A STARTER

SEASON RECORD 2008 6-0 2004 5-0 2010 5-0 2007 5-0 2017 2-0 2016 4-1 2014 4-2 2013 4-2 2011 4-2 2005 3-1 2012 2-1 2006 3-3 2015 2-2 2009 2-3 In his 68 career starts versus division opponents, Roethlisberger has posted a perfect passer rating once (11/5/07 vs. Baltimore) and has recorded a passer rating of over 100.0 a total of 23 times. The following is a look at his statistics against the AFC North in his 68 games as a starter:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. AFC NORTH CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................51-17 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) .................65.3 (1,388-2,127) Passing Yards .................................................15,998 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 98 Interceptions ....................................................... 64 Passer Rating ....................................................90.6

Also, the following is a look at Roethlisberger’s career statistics against AFC North opponents as a starter at home compared to the road:

ROETHLISBERGER VS. AFC NORTH AT HOME AND AWAY Statistic Home vs. AFC North Away vs. AFC North Record ................................................................. 26-7 ..........................25-10 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ..............62.4 (611-980) .........61.6 (707-1,147) Passing Yards ................................................... 7,850 .......................... 8,128 Passing Touchdowns.............................................. 56 ............................... 42 Interceptions ........................................................... 36 ............................... 28 Passer Rating ...................................................... 91.2 ............................ 85.0

FACING THE NFC In 49 career regular-season games against NFC opponents, QB Ben Roethlisberger has posted a 33-16 record, including winning each of his fi rst seven starts against conference members. Roethlisberger completed completed 23-of-35 passing for 243 yards with two touchdowns for a passer rating of 104.8 in Week Two’s 26-9 win at Heinz Field against the Minnesota Vikings. Below is a look at the quarterback’s numbers in regular-season games against NFC opponents:

ROETHLISBERGER’S STATS VS. THE NFC CATEGORY STATISTIC Record ..............................................................33-16 Completion Pct. (Comp.-Att.) ................ 64.3 (999-of-1,554) Passing Yards .................................................12,604 Passing Touchdowns.......................................... 76 Interceptions ....................................................... 34 Passer Rating ....................................................96.6 300-plus Yard Games ......................................... 16 Multi-Touchdown Performances ...............24 (17-7 record)

Roethlisberger’s statistics against the NFC are equally impres-sive in games at Heinz Field. In 24 career regular-season games against NFC opponents at home, Roethlisberger has a 19-5 mark while completing 484-of-764 passes (63.4 pct.) for 6,412 yards with 43 touchdowns and 13 interceptions for a passer rating of 101.5.

THE 45,000 CLUB QB Ben Roethlisberger became the fi rst player in Steelers history to register 45,000 career passing yards in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas. Roethlisberger is the 11th quarterback in NFL history to reach the mark, the eighth to do so with one team, and the fourth active signal caller with 45,000 passing yards. Roethlisberger reached the 45,000 yard milestone in his 179th regular-season game - the fi fth-fewest games to reach the mark in NFL history:

FEWEST GAMES TO REACH Rk. PLAYER 45,000 PASSING YARDS 1. Drew Brees 168 2. Dan Marino 172 3. Peyton Manning 174 4. Tom Brady 178 5. Ben Roethlisberger 179

FEELING AT HOME IN OHIO QB Ben Roethlisberger is from Findlay, Ohio, and played collegietely at Miami (Ohio), so it is no wonder he feels at home while playing at Cincinnati or Cleveland. Including the postseason, Roethlisberger is a combined 23-4 playing in games played in Ohio (Paul Brown Stadium: 12-2 and FirstEnergy Stadium: 11-2).

Below is Roethlisberger’s passing stats for games at Cincinnati and Cleveland:

ROETHLISBERGER IN GAMES PLAYED IN OHIO GP Att. Cmp. Pct. Yds. TDs Int Rat.@ Cin 14 446 294 65.9 3,525 21 9 97.2@ Cle 13 401 243 60.6 2,898 18 8 89.3Total 27 847 537 63.4 6,423 39 17 93.5

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BEN AMONG ACTIVE BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 among active NFL quarterbacks with a 7.87 yards per attempt average (3rd), 47,771 passing yards (4th), 3,891 completions (5th), 307 passing touchdowns (T-5th) and a 94.0 passer rating (7th):

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDS PER ATTEMPT LEADERS Rk. PLAYER CMP-ATT YARDS YDS/ATT. 1. Russell Wilson 1,563-2,422 19,217 7.93 2. Aaron Rodgers 3,141-4,817 37,973 7.88 3. Ben Roethlisberger 3,891-6,072 47,771 7.87 4. Kirk Cousins 1,105-1,677 13,117 7.82 5. Philip Rivers 3,906-6,067 46,940 7.74

NFL ACTIVE PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Drew Brees 237 5,941-8,910 67,236 2. Tom Brady 241 5,347-8,379 62,981 3. Eli Manning 205 4,188-6,991 49,327 4. Ben Roethlisberger 189 3,891-6,072 47,771 5. Philip Rivers 184 3,906-6,067 46,940

NFL ACTIVE PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. PLAYER GP TDS 1. Drew Brees 237 473 2. Tom Brady 241 466 3. Eli Manning 205 326 4. Philip Rivers 184 320 T5. Ben Roethlisberger 189 307 Aaron Rodgers 146 307

BEN AMONG ALL-TIME BESTS QB Ben Roethlisberger ranks in the top 10 in NFL history in touchdown passes (T-9th - 307), passing yards (9th - 47,771) and pass completions (10th - 3,891) :

MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER TDS 1. Peyton Manning 539 2. Brett Favre 508 3. Drew Brees 473 4. Tom Brady 466 5. Dan Marino 420 6. Fran Tarkenton 342 7. Eli Manning 326 8. Philip Rivers 320 T9. Ben Roethlisberger 307 Aaron Rodgers 307

MOST PASSING YARDS - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER PASSING YARDS 1. Peyton Manning 71,940 2. Brett Favre 71,838 3. Drew Brees 67,246 4. Tom Brady 62,981 5. Dan Marino 61,361 6. John Elway 51,475 7. Eli Manning 49,327 8. Warren Moon 49,325 9. Ben Roethlisberger 47,771 10. Fran Tarkenton 47,003

MOST PASS COMPLETIONS - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER COMPLETIONS 1. Brett Favre 6,300 2. Peyton Manning 6,125 3. Drew Brees 5,941 4. Tom Brady 5,347 5. Dan Marino 4,967 6. Eli Manning 4,188 7. John Elway 4,123 8. Warren Moon 3,988 9. Philip Rivers 3,906 10. Ben Roethlisberger 3,891

TOP OF THE STEELERS’ CHARTS QB Ben Roethlisberger holds nearly all passing records in Pittsburgh Steelers franchise history. He became the fi rst player in Steelers history to record 40,000 passing yards, a feat he reached during Week 8’s game vs. Cin-cinnati in 2015. His 47,771 passing yards, 307 passing touchdowns and 3,891 completions are tops in the team’s record books:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CMP-ATT YARDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-17 3,891-6,072 47,771 2. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 2,025-3,901 27,989 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 1,190-2,107 13,328 4. Neil O’Donnell, 1991-95 1,069-1,871 12,867 5. Bubby Brister, 1986-92 776-1,477 10,104

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASSING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP TDS 1. Ben Roethlisberger 189 307 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 212 3. Kordell Stewart 113 70 4. Neil O’Donnell 66 68 5. Bobby Layne 55 66

STEELERS ALL-TIME PASS COMPLETION LEADERS Rk. STEELER GP CMP 1. Ben Roethlisberger 189 3,891 2. Terry Bradshaw 168 2,025 3. Kordell Stewart 113 1,190

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HITTING 3,000 IN 11 STRAIGHT QB Ben Roethlisberger extended his consecutive seasons of throwing for 3,000 yards to 11 during Week 13’s game vs. the New York Giants in 2016. He joined Brett Favre (18), Peyton Manning (13), Drew Brees (13), Eli Manning (12) and Philip Rivers (11) as just the sixth signal caller in NFL history to have such a streak:

CONSECUTIVE SEASONS WITH 3,000 PASSING YARDS - NFL HISTORY

Rk. QUARTERBACK CONS. YEARS (SEASONS) 1. Brett Favre 18 (1992-2009) T2. Drew Brees 13 (2004-16) Peyton Manning 13 (1998-2010) 4. Eli Manning 12 (2005-16) T5. Ben Roethlisberger 11 (2006-16) Philip Rivers 11 (2006-16)

15 IN FIRST 13 QB Ben Roethlisberger threw four touchdowns in Week Five vs. New York to increase his 2016 season total to 15. He has now thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons - tying as the longest streak of 15 touchdown campaigns to start an NFL career:

MOST CONSECUTIVE 15-TOUCHDOWN PASS Rk. PLAYER SEASONS TO START A CAREER T1. Ben Roethlisberger, 2004-16 13 Peyton Manning, 1998-2010 13 T3. Jim Kelly, 1986-95 10 Dan Marino, 1983-92 10 Fran Tarkenton, 1961-70 10

BEN’S CAREER GAME QB Ben Roethlisberger set single-game Steelers franchise records during Week 8’s 51-34 win over Indianapolis in 2014 with 40 pass completions, 522 passing yards and six passing touchdowns. His 522 passing yards tied as the fourth-most in an NFL game:

MOST PASSING YARDS IN A GAME - NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER PASSING YARDS 1. Norm Van Brocklin, 9/28/1951 554 T2. Matt Schaub, 11/18/2012 527 Warren Moon, 12/16/1990 527 T4. Ben Roethlisberger, 10/26/2014 522 Boomer Esiason, 11/10/1996 522

BEN TO A.B. QB Ben Roethlisberger connected with WR Antonio Brown on their 50th touchdown strike on the game-winning score in Week 16’s AFC North title game clincher against Baltimore at Heinz Field (31-27) - marking the most touchdown connections by a tandem in Steelers history:

MOST TOUCHDOWN CONNECTIONS STEELERS HISTORY

Rk. PLAYERS TOUCHDOWNS 1. Ben Roethlisberger-Antonio Brown 50 2. Terry Bradshaw-Lynn Swann 49 3. Terry Bradshaw-John Stallworth 44

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BEN’S NUMBERS

1stBecame the fi rst quarterback in NFL history to with 500

passing yards in two career games (Week 8 2014 and Week 15 2009).

4Roethlisberger is one of four active quarterbacks to throw at least 170 touchdowns at home during the regular season.

8Became the fi fth quarterback (eighth occasion) to record at least 20 regular-season wins against one opponent since the 1970 season, earning his 20th regular-season win vs.

Cleveland in Week 11 of 216, joining Dan Marino (vs. Colts), Brett Favre (vs. Bears and Lions), John Elway (vs. Chargers

and Seahawks) and Tom Brady (vs. Bills and Jets).

8The number of seasons Roethlisberger has thrown 20

touchdowns or more during his NFL career - a franchise record.

15He has thrown at least 15 touchdown passes in each of his fi rst 13 NFL seasons, tying as the most consecutive seasons with 15 or more scoring tosses to start a career (Peyton Manning:

1998-2010).

20-PLUSThe Steelers have scored at least 20 points in 77 of the 93

games at home with Roethlisberger as the starter.

43Number of games Roethlisberger has totaled at least three

touchdown passes in his career (42 regular season, 1 postseason), including fi ve of his six home games played in

2016.

49Roethlisberger has thrown 49 300-plus yard passing games in his regular season NFL career - most in franchise history - and became the 10th QB in NFL history to reach 40 with one team.

126-61Roethlisberger’s record as a starting quarterback in the regular

season - the third best record in the NFL among all active quarterbacks (min. 50 starts) - and most wins in franchise

history for a starting signal caller.

125.0Has recorded a passer rating of 125.0 or better 18 times in his NFL career (minimum 20 attempts), most recent Week 12 on

Thursday Night Football at Indianapolis Colts (146.0).

150.0Roethlisberger has posted a passer rating of 150.0 or better in eight games during his NFL career (min. 10 attempts/game) -

the most all-time.

400Since entering the NFL in 2004, Roethlisberger has produced

nine 400-plus yard games - the fi fth most in NFL history.

MOVING ON UP QB Ben Roethlisberger leads the Steelers in nearly all major career statistics. The following is where Roethlisberger ranks in Steelers history in several key passing categories:

Roethlisberger’s Career Rankings Among Steelers QBsCategory Statistic RankSingle-Season TD Passes (2007 and 2014) ....................... 32 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passing Yards (2014) ............................ 4,952 .............. 1st

Career Passing TDs (regular season) .............................. 307 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completions (2014) .................................. 408 .............. 1st

Single-Season Pass Attempts (2014) ............................... 608 .............. 1st

Single-Season Completion Pct. (2015) ............................ 68.0 .............. 1st

Single-Season Passer Rating (2007)............................. 104.1 .............. 1st

3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-16) ..............................11 .............. 1st

Consecutive 3,000-Yard Passing Seasons (2006-16) .........11 .............. 1st

Single-Game Completion Pct. (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 85.7 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 250+ Completions (2006-09, ‘11-16) ............... 10 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Completion Pct. of 60.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-‘15) ....... 10 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ Passer Rating of 90.0+ (2004, ‘05, ‘07, ‘09-’15) ......... 9 .............. 1st

Completions in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis and 12/20/15 vs. Denver)...........40 ............. 1stAttempts in Single Game (11/30/14 vs. New Orleans) ........ 58 .............. 1st

Passing Yards in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Indianapolis) ........522 .............. 1st

Career Winning Pct. ......................................................... .674 .............. 1st

Career Completions ....................................................... 3,891 .............. 1st

Career Attempts ............................................................. 6,072 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards .................................................. 47,771 .............. 1st

Career Completion Pct..................................................... 64.1 .............. 1st

Career Passing Yards/Attempts ......................................... 7.9 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating ............................................................ 94.1 .............. 1st

Career 300-yard Passing Games (reg and posteason) ...... 52 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 30+ Completions (reg and postseason) . 17 .............. 1st

Career Games w/ 100.0+ Passer Rating (reg and posteason) . 80 .............. 1st

Career Perfect Passer Rating Games (158.3) ** .................. 3 .............. 1st

Career QB Rating in 4th Qtr. * ......................................... 91.6 .............. 1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Final 2 mins./game * ........... 45 .............. 1st

Consecutive Reg. Gms. w/ At Least One TD Pass (2012-Week 1 of 2014) 30 .............. 1st

Games Played by Rookie QB (2004) .................................. 14 .............. 1st

Passing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004)............................ 295 .............. 1st

Pass Completions by Rookie QB (2004) .......................... 196 .............. 1st

Passing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 2,621 .............. 1st

Passing TDs by Rookie QB (2004) ..................................... 17 .............. 1st

Rushing Attempts by Rookie QB (2004) ............................. 56 .............. 1st

Rushing Yards by Rookie QB (2004) ................................ 144 .............. 1st

Completion Pct. by Rookie QB (2004) ** ......................... 66.4 .............. 1st

Passer Rating by Rookie QB (2004) ** ............................ 98.1 .............. 1st

Comp. %./Single Game by Rookie QB (10/17/04 vs. Dal.) ** 84.0 ........... 1st

Consecutive Wins to Start Career (2004) ** ....................... 13 .............. 1st

Total Wins by Rookie QB (2004) ** ..................................... 13 .............. 1st

Passing TDs in Single Game (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes at Heinz Field (10/26/14 vs. Ind. and 11/2/14 vs. Bal.) ... 6 .............. 1st

Passing TDs in Back-to-Back Games ** ............................. 12 .............. 1st

Total Wins When Throwing for 300-plus Yards ................... 26 .............. 1st

Seasons w/ 25+ Passing TDs (2007, ‘09, ‘12-16) ................. 6 .............. 1st

Career Wins (Regular Season). ....................................... .126 .............. 1st

Career TD Passes (indoors) ............................................... 19 .............. 1st

Single-Game TD Passes on MNF (11/5/07 vs. Bal.) ** ......... 5 ........... T-1st

Consecutive Passes Completed (11/26/07 vs. Miami) ........ 15 ........... T-1st

Career Touchdown Passes in Dec./Jan. ............................. 85 .............. 1st

Career Rushing Yards (by QB) ...................................... 1,200 .............. 3rd

Career Rushing Touchdowns (by QB) ................................ 16 .............. 3rd

* Since 1991** NFL Record

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NO. 84: ANTONIO BROWNWR Antonio Brown ranks second among all NFL players

with 30 receptions and 388 receiving yards in 2017.Brown opened the 2017 regular-season setting a new Steelers

Kickoff Weekend record for receptions with 11 in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland - for 182 receiving yards - the second-most by a Steeler in a Week One matchup. His 182 receiving yards marked the 30th 100-receivng yard game of his NFL career, breaking a tie with Hines Ward (29) for the most such games in team history.

In Week Three at Chicago, Brown posted game highs in receptions (10) and receiving yards (110) to go along with his fi rst touchdown catch of the season.

Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL in 2017:• 10-Reception Games: 2 (1st)• 100-Yard Receiving Games: 2 (T-1st)• Receptions: 30 (2nd)• Receiving Yards: 388 (2nd)• Receptions of 25-Plus Yards: 3 (T-6th)

BROWN SINCE 2010

WR Antonio Brown has recorded fi ve 1,000-receiving yard campaigns (2011 and ‘13-16) and four consecutive 100-reception seasons from 2013-16 since entering the NFL in 2010.

His 662 receptions and 8,765 receiving yards are the most since entering the NFL in 2010:

NFL RECEPTION LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 105 662 2. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ-NYG 110 630 3. Larry Fitzgerald, ARI 114 628

NFL RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 662 8,765 2. Calvin Johnson, DET 538 8,548 3. Brandon Marshall, MIA-CHI-NYJ-NYG 630 8,181

MAKING MOST IN 100WR Antonio Brown played in his 100th career regular-season

game in Week 15 at Cincinnati in 2016, and increased his career total to 622 receptions to mark the most catches by any player in NFL history in their fi rst 100 career games:

MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 100 GAMES: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER CATCHES 1. Antonio Brown 622 2. Anquan Boldin 614 3. Marvin Harrison 591 4. Andre Johnson 576 5. Larry Fitzgerald 565

BROWN SINCE 2010 VS. NFCWR Antonio Brown Brown has also seen success when

facing members of the opposing conference in the NFC since entering the NFL.

Brown leads all AFC players in receptions (195) and receiving yards (2,502) and is second in touchdown catches (17) in games vs. NFC opponents since entering the NFL in 2010:

AFC RECEPTION LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM GP REC. 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 28 195 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 26 164 3. Antonio Gates, LAC 25 136

AFC RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS VS. NFC: 2010-CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 195 2,502 2. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 164 2,371 3. A.J. Green, CIN 124 1,850

BROWN AMONG TOPS IN FIRST SEVENWR Antonio Brown Brown caught 632 receptions in his fi rst

seven years in the NFL (2010-16) - the second most by any player in their fi rst seven seasons in NFL history:

NFL RECEPTION LEADERS:FIRST SEVEN YEARS OF A CAREER

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1996-2002 665 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 632 3. Torry Holt, 1999-2005 619

Brown has recorded 70 games with at least fi ve catches and 50 receiving yards in his fi rst seven years in the NFL, the most such games in a player’s fi rst seven seasons in NFL history:

MOST FIVE CATCH AND 50-YARD GAMES INFIRST SEVEN YEARS OF A CAREER: NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS 5/50 GAMES 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 70 2. Torry Holt, 1999-2005 69 3. Marvin Harrison, 1996-2002 65

481 AND 6,315WR Antonio Brown has caught 481 passes for 6,315 receiving

yards since the 2013 season to mark the most receptions and the second-most receiving yards by any player in a four-year span in NFL history:

MOST RECEPTIONS IN ANY FOUR-YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2013-16 481 2. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 469 3. Wes Welker, 2009-12 449

MOST RECEIVING YARDS IN ANY FOUR-YEAR SPAN: NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Marvin Harrison, 1999-2002 6,322 1. Antonio Brown, 2013-16 6,315 3. Calvin Johnson, 2010-13 6,257

FASTEST TO 650WR Antonio Brown reached 650 career receptions on his

second catch in his 104th career regular-season game in Week Three at Chicago, setting an NFL record for the fewest games to the milestone (Marvin Harrison: 107).

FEWEST GAMES TO 650 CATCHES: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER GAMES 1. Antonio Brown 104 2. Marvin Harrison 107 3. Andre Johnson 112

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REACHING 600 IN 96WR Antonio Brown hauled in the 600th reception of his NFL

career in Week 11 at Cleveland in 2016 - his 96th regular-season game - setting an NFL record for thew fewest games played to reach 600 catches in a career:

FEWEST GAMES TO 600 RECEPTIONS: NFL HISTORY Rk. PLAYER GAMES TO 600 1. Antonio Brown 96 2. Anquan Boldin 98 3. Marvin Harrison 102 4. Andre Johnson 104 5. Brandon Marshall 105

BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTSWR Antonio Brown is the second player in Steelers history

with 600 receptions, third 8,000 with receiving yards and fi fth with 8,000 yards from scrimmage:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RECEPTIONS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1,000 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 662 3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS 1. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 12,083 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 8,765 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 8,723 8,723

STEELERS ALL-TIME SRIMMAGE YARDAGE LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH YDS/REC YDS SCRMG. YARDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 11,950 / 2,284 14,234 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 428 / 12,083 12,511 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 10,571 / 806 11,377 4. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 119 / 8,765 8,884 5. John Stallworth, 1974-87 111 / 8,723 8,834

Brown caught his fi rst touchdown pass of the season in Week Three at Chicago to move into a tie with Lynn Swann for the third-most touchdown receptions team history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME RECEIVING TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS TDs 1. Hines Ward, 1988-2011 1,000 12,083 85 2. John Stallworth, 1974-87 537 8,723 63 T3. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 662 8,765 51 Lynn Swann, 1974-82 336 5,462 51 5. Heath Miller, 2005-15 592 6,569 45

Brown increased his overall touchdown total to 56 in Week Three at Chicago - the fi fth-most total touchdowns in franchise history:

STEELERS ALL-TIME TOUCHDOWN LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEARS RUSH / REC / RET TDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 91 / 9 / 0 100 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 1 / 85 / 0 86 3. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 78 / 2 / 0 80 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 1 / 63 / 0 64 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 0 / 51 / 5 56

554 IN 90WR Antonio Brown played in his 90th career regular-season

game in Week Four of 2016, and increased his career total to 554 receptions - the second-most by any player in NFL history in their fi rst 90 career regular-season games:

MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 90 REGULAR-SEASON GAMES Rk. PLAYER RECEPTIONS 1. Anquan Boldin 558 2. Antonio Brown 554 3. Larry Fitzgerald 515

7,500 AND 8,000 SCRIMMAGE YARDSWR Antonio Brown reached the 7,500 scrimmage yard

milestone in Week Three’s game at Philadelphia in 2016. He accomplished the feat in his 89th career regular-season game to tie Calvin Johnson for the fourth-fewest games to 7,500 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history.

Brown reached the 8,000 scrimmage yard mark in Week 10’s game vs. Dallas in 2016, in his 95th career regular-season game to mark the sixth-fewest games to 8,000 scrimmage yards by a wide receiver in NFL history.

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BROWN ON THE TEAM’S CHARTS

WR Antonio Brown’s 2015 receptions and receiving yards totals marked the most by a Steeler in a single-season in team history. His 106 receptions in 2016 are the fi fth-most in a single-season in team history and his 1,284 receiving yards are 10th-most:

STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 136 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 129 3. Hines Ward, 2002 112 4. Antonio Brown, 2013 110 5. Antonio Brown, 2016 106

STEELERS SINGLE-SEASON RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS

Rk. STEELER, YEAR RECEIVING YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 1,834 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 1,698 3. Antonio Brown, 2013 1,499 4. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 1,398 5. John Stallworth, 1984 1,395 6. Hines Ward, 2002 1,329 7. Plaxico Burress, 2002 1,325 8. Yancey Thigpen, 1995 1,307 9. Buddy Dial, 1963 1,295 10. Antonio Brown, 2016 1,284

UNFORGETTABLE SEVEN WR Antonio Brown has registered the most receptions by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst four, fi ve, six and seven regular seasons:

RECEPTIONS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS GP/GS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 632 101/74 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2004 505 112/93 3. Heath Miller, 2005-11 337 108/107 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 303 79/70 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-1980 284 93/76 Brown’s 5,259 receiving yards were the most receiving yards by a Steelers’ receiver in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons, his 7,093 were the most by a Steeler in their fi rst six seasons and his 8,377 stand as the most in a player’s fi rst seven years with the Steelers:

RECEIVING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 8,377 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2004 6,055 3. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 5,347 4. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 4,723 5. Lynn Swann, 1974-80 4,692

Brown totaled 7,755 all-purpose yards - the most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve regular seasons (2010-13) and his 9,911 were tops by a Steeler through their fi rst six seasons. Through 2016, he registered a team-best 11,367 for a player’s fi rst seven campaigns:

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER, YEARS FIRST SEVEN YEARS 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 11,367 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2002 9,087 3. Franco Harris, 1972-78 8,630 4. Louis Lipps, 1984-90 7,196 5. Rod Woodson, 1987-93 7,148

ALL AROUND BROWN WR Antonio Brown has been a valuable asset to the team’s off ensive and special teams eff orts. In Week 13 vs. Indianapolis in 2015, Brown returned a punt for a 71-yard touchdown, his fourth punt return for a touchdown to tie a Steelers record:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN FOR TOUCHDOWNS Rk. STEELER, YEARS PR TDs T1. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 4 Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 4 T3. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 3 Ray Mathews, 1951-59 3

Brown also ranks second in team history with 1,713 punt return yards:

STEELERS ALL-TIME PUNT RETURN YARDS Rk. STEELER, YEARS CAREER PR YARDS PR TDs 1. Rod Woodson, 1987-96 2,362 2 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 1,713 4 3. Antwaan Randle El, 2002-05, ‘10 1,650 4 4. Theo Bell, 1976, 1978-80 1,259 0 5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 1,212 3 Along with four punts returned for touchdowns, Brown has one kickoff returned to the end zone in his career. He is the sixth player in NFL history - the fi rst Steeler - to have 35 career touchdown catches and fi ve returns for touchdowns.

BROWN’S FRANCHISE DAY WR Antonio Brown posted the most prolifi c receiving game for a player in Steelers history in Week 9’s 38-35 win vs. Oakland in 2015. He led all players with franchise records of 17 catches for 284 receiving yards, and added 22 rushing yards for a team record 306 yards from scrimmage:

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEPTION LEADERS Rk. STEELER RECEPTIONS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 17 2. Antonio Brown, Dec. 20, 2015 16 T3. Antonio Brown, Nov. 13, 2016 14 Courtney Hawkins, Nov. 1, 1998 14

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RECEIVING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 284 2. Plaxico Burress, Nov. 10, 2002 253 3. Buddy Dial, Oct. 22, 1961 235

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 298 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256

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BROWN’S STEELERS NOTESIn his seven years - WR Antonio Brown - has caught 10

passes or more in 15 games of his NFL career, all with the Steelers, the most double-digit reception games in team history:

MOST DOUBLE-DIGIT CATCH Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 15 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 T3. Heath Miller, 2005-15 3 Yancey Thigpen, 1992-97 3

His 31 100-receiving yard games are the most in the category in Steelers history:

MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2010-17 31 2. Hines Ward, 1998-2011 29 3. John Stallworth, 1974-87 25

Brown has caught two touchdown catches in 12 games in his NFL career, all with Pittsburgh, the second-most multi-touchdown catch games in Steelers history:

MOST MULTI-TOUCHDOWN Rk. STEELER, YEARS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Buddy Dial, 1959-63 15 2. Antonio Brown, 2010-16 12 3. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 10 4. John Stallworth, 1974-87 9 T5. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 7 Roy Jeff erson, 1965-69 7

From 2014-15, Brown caught 23 touchdown passes - the most by a Steeler in back-to-back seasons - and joining Hines Ward as the only players with 10 or more touchdown receptions in consecutive years:

MOST TOUCHDOWN CATCHES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN BACK-TO-BACK SEASONS 1. Antonio Brown, 2014-15 23 T2. Antonio Brown, 2015-16 22 Hines Ward, 2002-03 22

Brown’s nine 100-yard receiving games in 2015 set a single-season team record, surpassing his previous 2014 record of eight:

MOST 100-REC. YARD GAMES Rk. STEELER, YEARS IN A SEASON: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Antonio Brown, 2015 9 2. Antonio Brown, 2014 8 T3. Mike Wallace, 2010 7 John Stallworth, 1984 7 T5. Yancey Thigpen, 1997 6 Buddy Dial, 1963 6

BRYANT’S AVERAGE NEAR THE TOPWR Martavis Bryant posted game-highs in receiving yards

(91) and scrimmage yards (98) in the team’s Week Two home opener win against the Minnesota Vikings, and caught the 15th touchdown reception of his NFL career on a 27-yard completion from QB Ben Roethlisberger in the fi rst quarter.

Since entering the NFL in 2014, Bryant has caught 86 passes for 1,497 yards to give him a 17.4 yards per catch average - the second best average among all NFL players in the past four seasons:

NFL YARDS PER CATCH LEADERS: 2014 - CURRENT Rk. PLAYER, TEAM REC. YARDS AVG. 1. DeSean Jackson, WAS-TB 151 2,845 18.8 2. Martavis Bryant, PIT 86 1,497 17.4 3. Malcom Floyd, SD 82 1,417 17.3 4. Torrey Smith, BAL-SF-PHI 112 1,831 16.3 5. T.Y. Hilton, IND 259 4,206 16.2

His 17.4 yards per catch average ranks tied for seventh in Steelers history among players with 50 or more receptions during their tenure with the organization:

STEELERS ALL-TIME YARDS PER CATCH LEADERS (Minimum 50 Receptions)

Rk. STEELER, YEARS REC. YARDS AVG. 5. Jim Smith,1977-82 110 2,075 18.9 6. Ron Shanklin, 1970-74 166 3,047 18.4 T7. Martavis Bryant, 2014-15, 2017 86 1,497 17.4 Weggie Thompson, 1984-89 79 1,377 17.4 9. Mike Wallace, 2009-12 235 4,042 17.2 10. Ray Mathews, 1951-59 230 3,919 17.0

BROWN NUMBER TO NOTE

180WR Antonio Brown became the fi rst player in NFL history

to record four 180-yard receiving games in a season in 2015 (195: Sept. 20, vs. San Francisco, 284: Nov. 8 vs. Oakland,

189: Dec. 20 vs. Denver and 187: Jan. 3 at Cleveland ).

THE OUTLAW JESSE JAMES

TE Jesse James caught six passes for 41 yards with two touchdown catches in the Steelers Week One 21-18 win at Cleveland. It was the fi rst career multi-touchdown game of his NFL career – and marked the 10th such game by a Steelers tight end since 1960 and the fi rst since 2012 (Heath Miller, Sept. 23, 2012 at Oakland).

STEELERS ADD MCDONALD

The Steelers acquired veteran TE Vance McDonald via trade with the San Francisco 49ers on Aug. 29.

McDonald entered the NFL as a second-round (55th overall) draft selection of San Francisco in 2013. He has started 31-of-51 games played and his career numbers include 64 receptions for 866 yards and seven touchdowns.

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RINGING THE BELL RB Le’Veon Bell led all players with a game high 186 yards from scrimmage (144 rushing yards on 35 carries / 42 receiving yards on four catches) and scored two rushing touchdowns in the team’s 26-9 Week Four win at Baltimore. In Week Two’s home oepner win against Minnesota, Bell led all rushers with 87 yards on 27 carries and caught four passes for four yards. He totaled 47 yards from scrimmage via 32 rushing on eight carries and 15 receiving on three receptions in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland on Kickoff Weekend. Bell surpassed Willie Parker (6,075) for the eighth-most scrimmage yards in franchise history in Week One. Bell tallied 98 scrimmage yards (61 rushing / 37 receiving) in Week Three at Chicago, and scored his fi rst touchdown of the year on a one-yard run.

Below is a look at where Brown ranks in the NFL in 2017:• Scrimmage Yards: 422 (4th)• Rushing Yards: 324 (5th)• Rushing Touchdowns: 3 (T-6th)• Receptions by a Running Back: 17 (T-10th)

BELL SINCE ‘13 RB Le’Veon Bell’s 1,259 yards from scrimmage paced the Steelers’ off ense in 2013 and set a franchise rookie record. His output marked the second-best production among the NFL’s rookie class in 2013. Bell fi nished second in the NFL with 2,215 yards from scrimmage in 2014. Since entering the NFL in 2013, the fi fth-year back leads the NFL with an average of 126.9 yards from scrimmage per game:

NFL SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME LEADERS:2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER GAMES-YARDS YARDS/GM 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 51-6,472 126.9 2. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 63-6,809 108.1 2. Julio Jones, ATL 54-5,756 106.6 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 65-6,663 102.5 5. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 62-6,294 101.5 Since entering the NFL in 2013, Bell has recorded 33 games with 100 yards from scrimmage or more - tied as the second most over that time span:

MOST 100-YARD SCRIMMAGE GAMES: 2013-CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER 100-YARD GAMES 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 40 T2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 33 DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 33 4. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 32 5. Antonio Brown, PIT 29

BELL’S FRANCHISE DAY RB Le’Veon Bell rushed for 236 yards in Week 14 of 2016 at Buff alo to set the team’s single-game record and his 298 yards from scrimmage marked the second-most:

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME RUSHING YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER REC. YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 236 2. Willie Parker, Dec. 7, 2006 223 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 218

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME SCRIMMAGE YARDS LEADERS Rk. STEELER SCRMG. YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, Nov. 8, 2015 306 2. Le’Veon Bell, Dec. 11, 2016 298 3. Frenchy Fuqua, Dec. 20, 1970 256

BELL AMONG STEELERS BEST IN FIVE RB Le’Veon Bell has produced 4,369 rushing yards and 6,472 yards from scrimmage since entering the NFL in 2013. His 6,472 yards from scrimmage are the second most by a Steeler in their fi rst fi ve years with the team, while his 4,369 rushing yards are fi fth-best:

SCRIMMAGE YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2000 7,242 2. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 6,472 3. Franco Harris, 1972-76 5,947 4. Willie Parker, 2004-08 5,622 5. Antonio Brown, 2010-14 5,341 RUSHING YARDS IN Rk. STEELER FIRST FIVE YEARS 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2000 6,713 2. Franco Harris, 1972-76 5,133 3. Willie Parker, 2004-08 4,989 4. John Henry Johnson, 1960-64 4,370 5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-17 4,369

Bell’s 6,050 yards from scrimmage that he racked up from 2013-16 are the most by a Steeler in their fi rst four years with the team, while his 4,045 rushing yards were third-best.

BELL’S 157.0 IN HISTORY RB Le’Veon Bell’s led the NFL with an average of 157.0 yards from scrimmage per game in 2016 - the third-best mark in NFL history for a single-sesaon:

SRIMMAGE YARDS PER GAME SINGLE-SEASON LEADERS:NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM, YR SCRMG. YDS (RUSH / REC) AVG,/GAME 1. Priest Holmes, KC, 2002 2,287 (1,615 / 672) 163.4 2. O.J. Simpson, BUF, 1975 2,243 (1,817 / 426) 160.2 3. Le’Veon Bell, PIT, 2016 1,884 (1,268 / 616) 157.0 4. Chris Johnson, TEN, 2009 2,509 (2,006 / 503) 156.8 5. Marshall Faulk, STL, 2000 2,189 (1,359 / 830) 156.4

FIRST IN 50 RB Le’Veon Bell appeared in his 50th NFL regular-season game in Week Three at Chicago in 2017, and increased his career rushing yards total to 4,225 and receiving yards to 2,061. He is the fi rst player in NFL history to record at least 4,000 rushing and 2,000 receiving yards in their fi rst 50 games.

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BELL ON THE TOP 10 RB Le’Veon Bell has made his mark on the Steelers’ top 10 rushing yards, rushing touchdowns and yards from scrimmage lists within his fi rst fi ve seasons with the team. His 4,369 rushing yards are fi fth most in team history, his 6,472 yards from scrimmage place him seventh and his 29 rushing touchdowns and 100-yard rushing games are tied for fi fth and his 150-scrimmage yard games are tied for the most:

MOST RUSHING YARDS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING YARDS 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 11,950 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 10,571 3. Willie Parker, 2004-09 5,378 4. John Henry Johnson, 1960-65 4,381 5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 4,369

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 6. Heath Miller, 2005-15 6,577 7. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 6,472 8. Louis Lipps, 1984-91 6,406 9. Willie Parker, 2004-09 6,075 10. Lynn Swann, 1974-82 5,534

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER RUSHING TDs 1. Franco Harris, 1972-83 91 2. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 78 3. Kordell Stewart, 1995-2002 35 4. Terry Bradshaw, 1970-83 32 T5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 29 Rashard Mendenhall, 2008-12 29

MOST 100-YARD RUSHING GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER 100-YARD GAMES 1. Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 50 2. Franco Harris, 1972-83 47 3. Willie Parker, 2004-09 25 4. Barry Foster, 1990-94 20 T5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 15 John Henry Johnson, 1960-65 15

MOST 150-SCRIMMAGE YARDS GAMES: STEELERS HISTORY Rk. STEELER 150-YARD GAMES T5. Le’Veon Bell, 2013-current 12 Franco Harris, 1972-83 12 T3. Antonio Brown, 2010-current 7 Hines Ward, 1998-2011 7 Jerome Bettis, 1996-2005 7

UNDER THE MONDAY NIGHT LIGHTS RB Le’Veon Bell tied Barry Sanders for the most yards from scrimmage in a player’s fi rst three Monday Night Football games with 494 after Week 5’s 127-yard game.

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN A PLAYER’SFIRST THREE MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAMES

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS T1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 494 Barry Sanders, DET 494 3. Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams 491

3,000 AND 1,500 RB Le’veon Bell became the third player in Steelers history with at least 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yards in Week Six at Miami in 2016, joining Franco Harris and Merril Hoge. Bell reached the 3,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yard mark in his 38th career regular-season game, surpassing Edgerrin James (42 games) for the fewest games in NFL history to reach the milestone.

FEWEST GAMES TO 3,000 RUSHING AND Rk. PLAYER 1,500 RECEIVING YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell 38 2. Edgerrin James 42 T3. Herschel Walker 43 Marcus Allen 43

OVER 200 TIMES TWO AND FOUR RB Le’veon Bell eclipsed 200 rushing yards for the second time in his NFL regular-season career in Week 14 at Buff alo in 2016, racking up a franchise record 236 yards. It marked his second 200-rushing yard performance (204: Nov. 17, 2014) to tie him with Willie Parker for the most 200-rushing yard games in team history. Bell has eclipsed 200 yards from scrimmage fi ve times in his career, most recently in Week 14 of 2016 at Buff alo. His fi ve 200-yard scrimmage games are the most in Steelers history, as he broke a tie with Willie Parker (three), and are the most in the NFL since he entered the League in 2013.

5,000 IN 42 RB Le’veon Bell reached 5,000 yards from scrimmage in Week 11’s game at Cleveland in 2016, his 42nd career regular-season game, marking the fewest games in Steelers history to the mark:

FEWEST GAMES TO 5,000 SCRIMMAGE Rk. PLAYER YARDS: STEELERS HISTORY 1. Le’Veon Bell 42 2. Jerome Bettis 52 T3. Willie Parker 56 Franco Harris 56 5. John Henry Johnson 64

Bell also reached the plateau in the second-fewest games among active NFL players (Chris Johnson: 41).

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OCTO-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,999 yards from scrimmage - the most in the NFL in games played in October since 2013:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,999 2. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,764 3. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,645 3. T.Y. Hilton, IND 1,609 5. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOU 1,573

His 1,401 rushing yards in games played in the month of October since 2013 trail only DeMarco Murray (1,430):

MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INOCTOBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,430 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,401 3. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOUR 1,216 4. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,183 5. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,153

DECEM-BELL Since entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,686 yards from scrimmage in the month of December - the second most in the NFL in games played in December since 2013, and his 1,216 rushing yards in games played in the month of December since 2013 are third most:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,954 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,686 3. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,578 4. Matt Forte, CHI-NYJ 1,508 5. Demaryius Thomas, DEN 1,423

MOST RUSHING YARDS IN GAMES PLAYED INDECEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER RUSHING YARDS 1. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,552 2. Frank Gore, SF-IND 1,271 3. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,216 4. DeMarco Murrary, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,153 5. Lamar Miller, MIA-HOU 1,097

NOVEM-BELLSince entering the NFL in 2013, RB Le’veon Bell has totaled 1,765 yards from scrimmage in the month of November - the second-most yards in November games over the last three seasons:

MOST YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE IN GAMES PLAYED INNOVEMBER: 2013 - CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER SCRIMMAGE YARDS 1. Antonio Brown, PIT 1,802 2. Le’Veon Bell, PIT 1,765 2. LeSean McCoy, PHI-BUF 1,728 4. DeMarco Murray, DAL-PHI-TEN 1,650 5. Mark Ingram, NO 1,525

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HARRISON SETS TEAM SACK MARK LB James Harrison brought down Cleveland QB Cody Kessler in Week 11’s game of 2016 to increase his Steelers sack total to 77.5 to set the Steelers mark for the most sacks since the statistic became offi cial in 1982. Harrison has posted a sack in three consecutive games since Week 11, increasing his team mark to 79.5:

STEELERS SACK LEADERS SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-16 79.5 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 77.0 3. Joey Porter, 1999-2006 60.0

Harrison produced his 19th multi-sack game as a Steeler with a two sack performance in Week Nine at Baltimore in 2016. His 19 multi-sack games as a Steeler are the most such games in team history since the statistic became offi cial in 1982:

STEELERS MULTI-SACK GAMES SINCE 1982 Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 19 2. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 17 3. LaMarr Woodley, 2007-13 16

The linebacker also ranks second in team history for career forced fumbles, behind only Greg Lloyd (since 1987):

STEELERS FORCED FUMBLE LEADERS SINCE 1987 Rk. STEELER, YEARS FORCED FUMBLES 1. Greg Lloyd, 1988-97 36 2. James Harrison, 2002-12, 2014-15 32 3. Jason Gildon, 1994-2003 18

SHAZIER ON THE INSIDE LB Ryan Shazier leads the Steelers’ defense with 37 tackles in 2017 and has led or tied for the team lead in tackles in each of the team’s fi rst four games of the 2017 season. Along with 37 tackles, the fourth-year linebacker has totaled one interception, four passes defensed, two quarterback hits, two tackles for losses, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. His 37 combined tackles place him fi fth among all NFL defend-ers in 2017:

NFL TACKLE LEADERS: 2017 Rk. PLAYER, TEAM TACKLES 1. Zach Brown, WAS 42 2. Jatavis Brown, LAC 41 3. Demario Davis, NYJ 40 4. C.J. Mosley, BAL 38 5. Ryan Shazier, PIT 37 In Week Four’s 26-9 win at Baltimore, Shazier led the defense with 11 tackles (10 solo), along with a tackle for loss, one inter-ception and three passes defensed. The interception marked the fi fth of his NFL career, picking off Baltimore QB Joe Flacco in the fourth quarter. Shazier totaled a team high seven tackles (four solo) and added a quarterback hit in the Steelers’ 21-18 Kickoff Weekend win at Cleveland. He recorded eight tackles (seven solo) to tie for the team lead, along with a pass defensed, in the team’s regular-season Week Two home opener against Minnesota. The fourth-year linebacker registered a game high 11 tackles (11 solo), with a tackle for loss, two forced fumbles and a fumble recovery at Chicago in Week Three.

BIG PLAY GAY CB William Gay notched fi ve tackles (four solo) in Pittsburgh’s Week One 21-18 win at Cleveland, and recorded three tackles (two solo) along with a forced fumble in Week Two vs. Minnesota. Gay picked off Cincinnati QB AJ McCarron and returned the ball 23 yards for a touchdown in Week 14’s game of 2015. It marked Gay’s fi fth consecutive interception return for a touchdown, setting a new NFL record, and his fi fth pick six with the Steelers, tying Rod Woodson for the most in team history:

MOST CONSECUTIVE INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -NFL HISTORY

Rk. PLAYER, YEARS INT-TDs 1. William Gay, 2013-17 5 T2. Captain Munnerylyn, 2012-13 4 Charles Tillman, 2012 4 Tedy Bruschi, 2002-03 4

MOST INTERCEPTION-TOUCHDOWNS -STEELERS HISTORY

Rk. STEELER, YEARS INT-TDs T1. William Gay, 2007-11, ‘13-17 5 Rod Woodson, 1987-96 5 T3. Chad Scott, 1997-2004 4 Jack Butler, 1951-59 4 T5. Five Steelers Tied 3

With his fi fth interception returned for a touchdown, Gay became the 10th active NFL defender with fi ve pick sixes and increased his career total to 10 interceptions, eight as a Steeler.

MITCHELL IN THE BACKFIELD S Mike Mitchell tallied one solo tackle in Week One’s 21-18 win at Cleveland and tallied a pass defensed with two tackles in Week Two vs. Minnesota. Mitchell led Pittsburgh’s secondary with 11 total tackles, all solo, in Week Three at Chicago, along with adding one pass defensed.

HEYWARD ON THE END DE Cameron Heyward produced the third multi-sack game in his regular-season career, bringing down Baltimore QB Joe Flacco twice in Week Four, increasing his 2017 sack total to 3.0 and his career total to 28.0. He was also credited with a forced fumble and fumble recovery in the second quarter giving Pittsburgh the ball at the Baltimore 28-yard line – the third forced fumble and third fumble recovery of his NFL career. His 28.0 quarterback takedowns are the fourth-most by a Steelers defensive lineman since 1982:

STEELERS DEFENSIVE LINEMAN SACK LEADERS -SINCE 1982

Rk. STEELER, YEARS SACKS 1. Keith Willis, 1982-91 59.0 2. Aaron Smith, 1999-2011 44.0 3. Brett Keisel, 2002-14 30.0 4. Cameron Heyward, 2011-15 28.0 5. Keith Gary, 1983-88 25.0

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WATT IN HIS DEBUT LB T.J. Watt - the Steelers’ fi rst round selection the 2017 NFL Draft - started his regular-season career in historical fashion. He became the fi rst player to record at least two sacks and an interception in an NFL debut on Kickoff Weekend since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982. He fi nished Week 1’s 21-18 win at Cleveland with six tackles (fi ve solo), 2.0 sacks, two tackles for losses, one quarterback hit and one interception. With his 2.0 sack and one interception performance, Watt became: • Third player in NFL history to record 2.0 sacks and an in-

terception in an NFL debut, joining Charles Glaze (Oct. 4, 1987) and Tommy Haynes (Oct. 4, 1987).

• First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks in their NFL debut since sacks became an offi cial statistic in 1982 (previous mark, 1.5, Kenny Davidson, Sept. 9, 1990 at Cleveland).

• First Steeler with at least 2.0 sacks and an interception in the same game since 2010 (LaMarr Woodley, Dec. 12 vs. Cincinnati).

HADEN JOINS THE STEELERS The Steelers signed CB Joe Haden to a three-year contract on Aug. 30. Haden, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, made his Steelers debut, appearing in the 91st game of his NFL regular-season career and posted six tackles and 1.0 sack, on Kickoff Weekend at the Cleveland Browns. He brought down Cleveland QB DeShone Kizer for a sack of three yards to end the fi rst half – his fi rst sack with the Steelers – third of his NFL career – and fi rst since Sept. 11, 2011 (with Cleveland). His 103 passes defensed since entering the NFL in 2010 are the second-most among all NFL defenders:

NFL PASSES DEFENSED LEADERS: 2010-CURRENT

Rk. PLAYER, TEAM(S) PD 1. Brent Grimes, ATL-MIA-TB 107 2. Joe Haden, CLE-PIT 103 3. Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, ARI-PHI-DEN-NYG 99 4. Tramon Williams, GB-CLE-ARI 97 T5. Jonathan Joseph, CIN-HOU 94 Richard Sherman, SEA 94

The University of Florida product was a fi rst-round (seventh overall) draft selection of the Browns in 2010. He has started 85-of-94 games played in the NFL and his career numbers include 379 tackles (306 solo), 19 interceptions, 103 passes defensed, four forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and 3.0 sacks.

HILTON MAKING AN IMPACT CB Mike Hilton tallied the fi rst sack and interception of his NFL career in the Steelers’ 26-9 win at Baltimore in Week Four. His sack, a six-yard takedown of Baltimore QB Joe Flacco came in the third quarter, and his interception off of Flacco in the fourth quarter. The Mississippi product joined the Steelers’ practice squad in December of 2016, and he has started one-of-four games played with Pittsburgh in 2017, recording 11 tackles (8 solo), 1.0 sack, one interception, three quarterback hits and one tackle for loss.

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BOS-DOES-WELL K Chris Boswell was successful on each of his three extra point attempts in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland in Week One, and converted each of his four fi eld goal attempts in the team’s 26-9 win in Week Two against Minnesota at Heinz Field. Since joining the Steelers in 2015, Boswell is 57-of-66 overall on fi eld goal attempts (86.4%), including 23-of-28 (82.1%) be-tween 40-49 yards. His 86.4 fi eld goal percent ranks second in Steelers history among kickers with at least 30 fi eld goal attempts:

STEELERS FIELD GOAL % LEADERS(Minimum 30 Attempts)

Rk. KICKER, YEAR FGM-FGA FG% 1. Shaun Suisham, 2010-14 124-141 87.9 2. Chris Boswell, 2015-pres. 57-66 86.4 3. Norm Johnson, 1995-98 105-127 82.7 4. Jeff Reed, 2002-10 204-249 81.9 5. Gary Anderson, 1982-94 309-395 78.2

A LAND DOWN IN THE 20 P Jordan Berry boomed six punts covering 275 yards (45.8 average) in the team’s 21-18 win at Cleveland on Kickoff Week-end, and landed two inside Chicago’s 20-yard line in Week Three. Through Week Four, Berry has pounted 20 times (821 yards) for a 41.1 average, in 2017, with six landing inside the opponent 20. Berry, in his third season in the NFL and with the Steelers, has pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line 59 times in his career to become the seventh player in Steelers history with at least 50.

BOZ TIES TEAM MARK K Chris Boswell was successful on each of his six fi eld goal attempts (45, 49, 49, 40, 49, 30) in Week 15’s 24-20 win at Cin-cinnati in 2016. Boswell tied a a franchise single-game record with six fi eld goals made (Jeff Reed: Dec. 1, 2002 and Gary Anderson: Oct. 23, 1988):

STEELERS SINGLE-GAME FIELD GOALS MADE LEADERS Rk. STEELER FGM T1. Chris Boswell, Dec. 18, 2016 6 Jeff Reed, Dec. 1, 2002 6 Gary Anderson, Oct. 23, 1988 6

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PRESEASON GAME #1PITTSBURGH 20, NEW YORK GIANTS 12

AUG. 11, 2017METLIFE STADIUM (73,979)

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – A pair of Pittsburgh’s 2017 rookie draft class members highlighted the team’s first preseason game of the season. Rookie QB Joshua Dobbs and OLB T.J. Watt made their NFL debuts and each helped their respective units to lead the team to a 20-12 win at the New York Giants. The Giants opened up the scoreboard with field goals from Aldrick Rosas and Mike Nugent in the opening two quarters before Steelers’ K Chris Boswell connected on a 48-yard field goal to make the score 6-3 in the second quarter. Pittsburgh’s special teams unit sparked the team prior to halftime. CB Mike Hilton recovered a muffed punt of the Giants at their 28-yard line. On the team’s first play of the drive, Dobbs connected with WR Cobi Hamilton for a 28-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 10-9 lead heading into halftime. Nugent and Boswell traded field goals in the third stanza and Steelers RB Terrell Watson scampered 15 yards to the end zone in the fourth quarter to produce the game’s final points. Dobbs, earning the starting nodd at quarterback, completed 8-of-15 passes for 100 yards with a touchdown, while Watt recorded 2.0 quarterback sacks and five total tackles. Hamilton led all receivers with a game-high 72 receiving yards on two catches as Watson finished with 44 rushing yards on 10 carries. Steelers LB Arthur Moats tallied 3.0 quarterback sacks as the defense finished with a total of seven quarterback takedowns in the contest.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-0) 0 10 3 7 20Giants (0-1) 3 6 3 0 12

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORENYG 1 1:38 Rosas 27 yd. FG 12-30; 6:23 0-3NYG 2 11:51 Nugent 30 yd. FG 6-5; 2:16 0-6PIT 2 5:51 Boswell 48 yd. FG 9-58; 6:00 3-6NYG 2 1:12 Rosas 52 yd. FG 9-47; 4:39 3-9PIT 2 0:33 Hamilton 28 yd. pass from Dobbs (Boswell kick) 1-28; 0:07 10-9NYG 3 10:30 Nugent 45 yd. FG 9-52; 4:30 10-12PIT 3 4:02 Boswell 37 yd. FG 4-5; 1:32 13-12PIT 4 12:46 Watson 15 yd. run (Boswell kick) 9-53; 4:45 20-12

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Giants1st Downs 10 193rd Downs 3-13 (23%) 5-17 (29%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 2-4 (50%)Total Net Yards 226 242Plays-Avg. 52-4.3 72-3.4Rushing Yards 124 73Rush Att.-Avg. 27-4.6 23-3.2Net Passing 102 169Att.-Comp.-Int. 22-10-2 42-23-1Sacks By 7-43 3-22Punts-Avg. 6-45.8 4-45.0Penalties 6-73 4-27Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1

Time of Poss. 26:17 33:43

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Watson 10-44, TD; Davis 8-34; Toussaint 6-19; Dobbs 1-16; Smith-Schuster 1-9; Houston 1-2. NYG – Darkwa 3-18; Rudolph 1-13; Gallman 5-11; Abdullah 4-10; Johnson 2-8; Smith 2-5; Vereen 1-5; Perkins 5-3. PASSING: Pit. – Dobbs 15-8-2, 100, TD; Houston 7-2-0, 24. NYG – Smith 16-10-1, 114, TD; Webb 16-8-0, 67; Johnson 10-5-0, 31. RECEIVING: Pit. – Hamilton 2-72, TD; Severin 2-24; Tucker 1-10; Heyward-Bey 1-6; Davis 1-5; Smith-Schuster 1-4; Rogers 1-2; James 1-1. NYG – Adams 3-28; Ellison 3-20; Lane 2-27; Johnson 2-22; Abdullah 2-16; LaCosse 2-11; Lewis 1-15; Powe 1-15; Rudolph 1-14; Engram 1-11; Tye 1-11; Smith 1-9; Norwood 1-7; Gallman 1-4; Harris 1-2.

PRESEASON GAME #2PITTSBURGH 17, ATLANTA 13

AUG. 20, 2017HEINZ FIELD (48,809)

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – RB/PR Trey Williams ignited a Steelers’ come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons at Heinz Field, courtesy of a special teams’ touchdown in the third quarter. Trailing 13-3, Williams fielded a punt and burst through the coverage unit of the Falcons to the end zone for a 64-yard score. Pittsburgh QB Bart Houston connected with WR Justin Hunter for the Steelers’ go-ahead score from six yards out in the fourth quarter to lift the team to a 17-13 win. Atlanta produced three consecutive scoring drives to begin the game - a touchdown and two field goals – their only points of the game as the Steelers’ defense closed out their ensuring 11 possessions. Steelers rookie RB James Conner , appearing in his first NFL game at Heinz Field, rushed for 98 yards on 20 carries (4.9 average) to lead all running backs. Pittsburgh S Jordan Dangerfield hauled in two interceptions in the second half – one off of Matt Simms in the third quarter and his second of the game off of Alek Torgersen in the final quarter of the game. LB Anthony Chickillo was responsible for two of the defense’s four sacks.

GAME SUMMARY

Falcons (0-2) 7 6 0 0 13STEELERS (2-0) 0 3 7 7 17

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREATL 1 8:44 Ward 5 yd. run (Bryant kick) 10-91; 4:37 7-0ATL 2 14:45 Bryant 23 yd. FG 14-76; 6:52 10-0PIT 2 10:23 Boswell 42 yd. FG 8-54; 4:22 10-3ATL 2 3:33 Bryant 26 yd. FG 13-77; 6:50 13-3PIT 3 4:06 Williams 64 yd. punt return (Boswell kick) --;-- 13-10PIT 4 6:35 Hunter 6 yd. pass from Houston (Boswell kick) 7-53; 4:18 13-17

TEAM STATISTICS Falcons Steelers1st Downs 20 113rd Downs 5-17 (29%) 2-13 (15%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-1 (0%)Total Net Yards 318 189Plays-Avg. 71-4.5 55-3.4Rushing Yards 63 99Rush Att.-Avg. 23-2.7 26-3.8Net Passing 255 90Att.-Comp.-Int. 44-22-2 28-15-2Sacks By 1-4 4-34Punts-Avg. 8-39.8 8-39.8Penalties 10-85 4-30Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0

Time of Poss. 33:01 26:59

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: ATL – Ward 9-37, TD; Hill 7-14; Simms 2-11; Taylor 3-3; Coleman 2-(-2). Pit. – Conner 20-98; Toussaint 2-6; Bryant 1-(-1); Houston 3-(-4). PASSING: ATL – Simms 29-15-1, 197; Torgersen 8-2-1, 25; Ryan 6-4-0, 57; Schaub 1-1-0, 10. Pit – Dobbs 19-10-1, 70; Houston 9-5-1, 24, TD. RECEIVING: ATL – Davis 3-74; Williams 3-38; Hall 2-34; Dable 2-26; Sanu 2-25; Hooper 2-24; Burton 2-13; Cherry 1-17; Griswold 1-15; Saubert 1-8; Davis 1-8; Perkins 1-5; Ward 1-2. Pit. – Coates 3-20; Hunter 3-16, TD; Bryant 2-20; James 2-8; Johnson 1-15; Toussaint 1-8; Conner 1-3; Tucker 1-3; Rogers 1-1.

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PRESEASON GAME #3PITTSBURGH 15, INDIANAPOLIS 19

AUG. 26, 2017HEINZ FIELD (50,039)

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Steelers suffered their first loss of the 2017 preseason, falling to the Indianapolis Colts, 19-15, at Heinz Field. Pittsburgh scored nine unanswered points to take a two-point advantage, 15-13, late in the third quarter. Trailing 13-6 in the third stanza, Steelers QB Landry Jones connected with TE Xavier Grimble for a 10-yard touchdown strike to put the team within one point. K Chris Boswell put the Steelers ahead 15-13 courtesty of a 37-yard field, but Indianaplis put together a 14-play, 86-yard drive that culminated in a RB Josh Ferguson one-yard run. QB Ben Roethlisberger saw his first action of the preseason, starting the game for the Steelers, and completed 6-of-9 passes for 73 yards in the first quarter. Jones saw extension action at quarterback for the Steelers and tallied game highs in pass attempts (31), pass completions (21) and passing yards (163), while RB Terrell Watson led all rushers with 40 yards on eight carries.

GAME SUMMARY

Colts (1-2) 7 6 0 6 19STEELERS (2-1) 3 3 9 0 15

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREIND 1 10:46 Gore 1 yd. run (Vinatieri kick) 4-63; 2:08 7-0PIT 1 4:56 Boswell 36 yd. FG 11-57; 5:50 7-3IND 2 9:35 Vinatieri 45 yd. FG 6-60; 2:34 10-3 IND 2 3:24 Vinatieri 31 yd. FG 9-51; 4:16 13-3PIT 2 0:06 Boswell 41 yd. FG 14-63; 3:18 13-6PIT 3 9:05 Grimble 10 yd. pass from Jones (kick failed) 8-63; 4:22 13-12PIT 3 1:33 Boswell 37 yd. FG 12-52; 4:50 13-15IND 4 9:47 Ferguson 1 yd. run (kick failed) 14-86; 6:46 19-15

TEAM STATISTICS Colts Steelers1st Downs 21 263rd Downs 5-11 (45%) 7-14 (50%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 326 347Plays-Avg. 54-6.0 72-4.8Rushing Yards 69 108Rush Att.-Avg. 25-2.8 22-4.9Net Passing 257 239Att.-Comp.-Int. 28-20-1 47-31-1Sacks By 3-21 1-8Punts-Avg. 4-47.5 3-43.0Penalties 9-82 5-37Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1

Time of Poss. 28:37 31:23

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Ind. – Ferguson 11-23, TD; Gore 5-23, TD; Mack 7-18; Tolzien 1-6; Morris 1-(-1). Pit. – Watson 8-40; Conner 4-26; Davis 7-21; Williams 1-10; Dobbs 1-9; Nix 1-2. PASSING: Ind. – Morris 16-12-0, 143; Tolzien 10-7-1, 123; Walker 2-1-0, (-1). Pit. – Jones 31-21-1, 163, TD; Roethlisberger 9-6-0, 73; Dobbs 7-4-0, 24. RECEIVING: Ind. – Dorsett 3-60; Natson 3-13; Daniels 3-6; Howard 2-35; Aiken 2-24; Moncrief 1-55; Krieger Coble 1-20; Mack 1-17; Brown 1-13; Doyle 1-9; Bray 1-9; Ferguson 1-4. Pit. – Rogers 5-58; Bryant 5-23; Watson 4-42; Smith-Schuster 3-31; Grimble 3-26, TD; Brown 2-28; James 1-12; Odom 1-10; Hamilton 1-9; Davis 1-9; Heyward-Bey 1-4; Johnson 1-3; Toussaint 1-3; Coates 1-1; Tucker 1-1.

PRESEASON GAME #4PITTSBURGH 17, CAROLINA 14

AUG. 31, 2017BANK OF AMERICA STADIUM (72,891)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Rookie QB Joshua Dobbs led the Steelers to a come-from-behind v ictory at the Carolina Panthers in the team’s 2017 preseason finale. Trailing 14-10, with 49 seconds remaining in the game, Dobbs and the Steelers’ offense drove 53 yards on five plays in 47 seconds and the rookie signal caller scampered in for a one-yard touchdown with two seconds remaining to give Pittsburgh the 17-14 win. Carolina scored the first points of the game with RB Fozzy Whitaker finding the end zone on a four-yard run in the first quarter. The Steelers took a 10-7 lead in the second quarter, following a K Chris Boswell 35-yard field goal, and a 58-yard connection from Dobbs to WR Justin Hunter. The Panthers carried a 14-10 lead after a 13-yard touchdown connection from Joe Webb to WR Damiere Byrd prior to halftime through the Steelers’ finale drive of the game. Dobbs finished the game completing 16-of-23 passing for 212 yards with a touchdown pass for a 113.0 passer rating. Steelers RB Terrell Watson led all rushers with game highs in carr ies (19) and rushing yards (89).

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (3-1) 0 10 0 7 17Panthers (2-2) 7 7 0 0 14

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECAR 1 5:49 Whitaker 4 yd. run (Butker kick) 7-30; 3:59 0-7PIT 2 14:55 Boswell 35 yd. FG 12-58; 5:54 3-7PIT 2 12:52 Hunter 58 yd. pass from Dobbs (Boswell kick) 1-58; 0:08 10-7CAR 2 1;18 Byrd 13 yd. pass from Webb (Butker kick) 6-61; 2:09 10-14PIT 4 0:02 Dobbs 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 5-53; 0:47 17-14

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Panthers1st Downs 15 183rd Downs 4-13 (31%) 6-15 (40%)4th Downs 0-1 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 343 302Plays-Avg. 59-5.8 66-4.6Rushing Yards 111 123Rush Att.-Avg. 29-3.8 31-4.0Net Passing 232 179Att.-Comp.-Int. 29-20-1 33-22-3Sacks By 2-18 1-8Punts-Avg. 7-39.4 6-46.2Penalties 9-77 5-40Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-1

Time of Poss. 26:14 33:46

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Watson 19-89; Davis 5-13; Dobbs 5-9. Car. – Artis-Payne 8-51; Simmons 15-47; Whittaker 4-13, TD; Young 3-11; Anderson 1-1. PASSING: Pit. – Dobbs 23-16-0, 212, TD; Jones 6-4-1, 28, INT. Car. – Gilbert 17-12-1, 99; Webb 12-8-2, 88, TD; Anderson 4-2-0, 10. RECEIVING: Pit. – Tucker 5-83; Hunter 3-75, TD; Hamilton 3-42; McGee 3-13; Watson 2-5; Johnson 1-18; Rogers 1-7; Heyward-Bey 1-2; Davis 1-(-5). Car. – Manhertz 5-42; Frazier 4-29; Simmons 4-11; Clay 3-76; Byrd 2-21, TD; Samuel 2-5; Garrett 1-7; Whittaker 1-6.

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GAME #1PITTSBURGH 21, CLEVELAND 18

SEPT. 10, 2017FIRSTENERGY STADIUM (67,431)

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Steelers were victorious in the team’s2017 regular-season opener, defeating the Cleveland Browns, 21-18. Pittsburgh drew first blood when Steelers LB Tyler Matakevich blocked a Cleveland punt, which was recovered in the end zone by Steelers LB Anthony Chickillo for a touchdown early in the first quarter. Cleveland responded with a 68-yard drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown run from QB DeShone Kizer. Begining on their own nine yard-line, Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger connected with WR Antonio Brown for a 50-yard gain to aide the Steelers on a 91-yard drive that resulted in a Roethlisberger touchdown pass to TE Jesse James, giving the Steelers an advantage of 14-7 just before halftime. With a short field, Cleveland began driving in the third quarter, but an eight-yard sack from rookie LB T.J. Watt forced the Browns to settle for a field goal from K Zane Gonzalez. The Steelers increased their lead to 21-10 following a two-yard touchdown pass from Roethlisberger to James, giving James his first career multi-touchdown performance. Cleveland found the end zone one final time when Kizer connected with Corey Coleman on a three-yard touchdown pass and followed up with a successful two-point conversion, but wasn’t able to overcome it’s deficit as Pittsburgh claimed a 21-18 victory. Brown led all receivers with 182 receiving yards, including 102 in the first half. Watt finished the game with 2.0 sacks and one interception, becoming the third player in NFL history to do so in his NFL debut, and the first on Kickoff Weekend.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (1-0) 7 7 7 0 21Browns (0-1) 7 0 3 8 18

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 12:44 Chickillo bl. punt recovery in end zone (Boswell kick) --- 7-0CLE 1 0:22 Kizer 1 yd. run (Gonzalez kick) 12-68, 5:26 7-7PIT 2 0:45 James 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 7-91, 3:08 14-7CLE 3 9:27 Gonzalez 24 yd. FG 7-53, 4:29 14-10PIT 3 5:37 James 2 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 6-75, 3:50 21-10CLE 4 3:36 Coleman 3 yd. pass from Kizer (Crowell run) 8-73; 3:05 21-18

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Browns1st Downs 16 203rd Downs 5-13 (38%) 3-12 (25%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 2-2 (100%)Total Net Yards 290 237Plays-Avg. 54-5.4 62-3.8Rushing Yards 35 57Rush Att.-Avg. 17-2.1 25-2.3Net Passing 255 180Att.-Comp.-Int. 36-24-1 30-20-1Sacks By 7-42 1-8Punts-Avg. 6-40.2 5-35.0Penalties 13-144 4-61Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0

Time of Poss. 28:50 31:10

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 10-32; Conner 4-11; Roethlisberger 3-(-8). Cle. - Crowell 17-33; Kizer 5-17, TD; Dayes 3-7. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 36-24-1, 263; 2 TD. Cle. - Kizer 30-20-1, 222, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 11-182; James 6-41, 2 TD; Bell 3-15; Bryant 2-14; Rogers 2-11. Cle. - Coleman 5-53, TD; DeValve 4-42; Crowell 2-33; Louis 2-32; Johnson 2-20; Njoku 2-20; Dayes 2-9; Britt 1-13.

GAME #2PITTSBURGH 26, MINNESOTA 9

SEPT. 17, 2017HEINZ FIELD (65,971)

PITTSBURGH – The Steelers won their fourth-straight home opener with a 26-9 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. For the second-straight week, the Steelers were first to score with a 27-yard touchdown pass from QB B e n R o e t h l i s b e r g e r t o W R M a r t a v i s B r y a n t . On Pittsburgh’s next drive, Roethlisberger took another shot down the field to Bryant, which this time resulted in a 49-yard defensive pass interference penalty. The Steelers took advantage, as Roethlisberger found rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster in the endzone for a four-yard touchdown. The touchdown reception marked the first catch of Smith-Schuster’s NFL career. Minnesota got on the board halfway through the second quarter with a 42-yard field goal from K Kai Forbath. The Steelers extended their lead to 17-3 with a 46-yard field goal from Chris Boswell early in the third quarter. The Vikings responded with a six-play, 82-yard drive that culminated in a one-yard touchdown run by FB C.J. Ham. On the ensuing drive, Roethlisberger completed a deep pass to Bryant for 51 yards, which set up a 29-yard Boswell field goal. The Steelers defense held the Vikings scoreless in the fourth quarter, while two more field goals from Boswell seeled the Steelers’ victory. Bryant led all receivers with 91 receiving yards and all players with 98 scrimmage yards, while LB Ryan Shazier, DB Mike Hilton and S Sean Davis tied for the team lead with eight tackles each.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-0) 7 7 6 6 26Vikings (1-1) 0 3 6 0 9

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 3:02 Bryant 27 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 9-78, 5:43 0-7PIT 2 13:31 Smith-Schuster 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 5-60, 3:12 0-14MIN 2 8:50 Forbath 42 yd. Field Goal 11-51, 4:41 3-14PIT 3 12:19 Boswell 46 yd. Field Goal 4-8, 2:06 3-17MIN 3 9:57 Ham 1 yd. run (kick failed, wl) 6-82, 2:22 9-17PIT 3 5:05 Boswell 29 yd. Field Goal 10-74, 4:52 9-20PIT 4 3:18 Boswell 37 yd. Field Goal 11-64, 4:44 9-23PIT 4 1:53 Boswell 43 yd. Field Goal 4-5, 0:20 9-26

TEAM STATISTICS Vikings Steelers1st Downs 14 223rd Downs 5-15 (33%) 3-13 (23%)4th Downs 0-3 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 237 335Plays-Avg. 60-4.0 69-4.9Rushing Yards 91 102Rush Att.-Avg. 20-4.6 32-3.2Net Passing 146 233Att.-Comp.-Int. 38-20-0 35-23-0Sacks By 2-10 2-21Punts-Avg. 6-44.0 5-38.6Penalties 11-131 10-72Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0

Time of Poss. 25:38 34:22

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Min. – Cook 12-64; MicKinnon 3-16; Murray 3-6; Diggs 1-4; Ham 1-1. Pit. – Bell 27-87; Conner 1-9; Bryant 1-7; Watson 1-1; Roethlisberger 2-(-2). PASSING: Min. – Keenum 37-20-0, 167; Quigley 1-0-0, 0. Pit. – Roethlisberger 35-23-0, 243, 2 TD. RECEIVING: Min. – Thielen 5-44; Rudolph 4-45; Treadwell 3-33; McKinnon 3-9; Diggs 2-27; Cook 2-0; Wright 1-9. Pit. – Brown 5-62; Rogers 4-43; James 4-27; Bell 4-4; Bryant 3-91, TD ; Smith-Schuster 3-16, TD.

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GAME #3CHICAGO 23, PITTSBURGH 17 OT

SEPT. 24, 2017SOLDIER FIELD (62,172)

CHICAGO, Ill. – The Steelers suffered their first loss of the regular season, falling to the Chicago Bears in overtime, 23-17, at Soldier Field. Trailing by seven in the second quarter, QB Ben Roethlisberger found WR Antonio Brown in the end zone for his first touchdown reception of 2017. On the ensuing drive, Bears QB Mike Glennon responded with a touchdown of his own, taking a 14-7 lead. At the end of the first half, Bears CB Sherrick McManis blocked a Steelers field goal that was recovered by Chicago and returned 70 yards. Near the goal line the ball carrier was stripped by TE Vance McDonald and knocked out of bounds in the end zone. Due to a penalty, the ball was placed at the one-yard-line, and a field goal gave the Bears a 17-7 lead going into halftime. In the third quarter, Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell narrowed the gap with his first touchdown run of 2017. A Pittsburgh field goal from K Chris Boswell tied the game at 17-17 early in the fourth. The rest of the quarter remained scoreless as time expired, forcing overtime. Chicago won the coin toss and utilized a four-play 74-yard drive to score a touchdown and end the game, 23-17.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (2-1) 0 7 7 3 0 17Bears (1-2) 7 10 0 0 6 23

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCORECHI 1 9:09 Howard 3 yd. run (Barth kick) 6-29; 3:24 0-7PIT 2 5:42 Brown 7 yd. pass from Roethlisberger (Boswell kick) 13-77; 7:11 7-7CHI 2 0:43 Shaheen 2 yd. pass from Glennon (C.Barth kick) 9-75; 4:59 7-14CHI 2 0:00 Barth 24 yd. Field Goal 1-4; 0:00 7-17PIT 3 6:43 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 6-16; 2:42 14-17PIT 4 8:03 Boswell 32 yd. Field Goal 4-7; 0:54 17-17CHI 5 8:27 Howard 19 yd. run 4-74; 1:33 17-23

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Bears1st Downs 19 183rd Downs 4-11 (36%) 4-12 (33%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-0 (0%)Total Net Yards 282 304Plays-Avg. 59-4.8 62-4.9Rushing Yards 70 220Rush Att.-Avg. 17-4.1 38-5.8Net Passing 235 101Att.-Comp.-Int. 39-22-0 22-15-1Sacks By 2-17 3-23Punts-Avg. 5-40.6 6-44.5Penalties 6-40 10-73Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-1

Time of Poss. 27:34 33:59

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 15-61, TD; Roethlisberger 1-6; Watson 1-3. Chi. – Howard 23-138, 2 TD; Cohen 12-78; Glennon 3-4. PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 39-22-0, 235, TD.Chi. – Glennon 22-15-1, 101, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Brown 10-110, TD; Bell 6-37; Smith-Schuster 2-39; Bryant 2-30; James 2-19. Chi. – Howard 5-26; Cohen 4-24; Cunningham 3-23; Miller 1-17; Thompson 1-9; Shaheen 1-2.

GAME #4PITTSBURGH 26, BALTIMORE 9

OCT. 1, 2017M&T STADIUM (71,126)

B A LT I M O R E , M d . – S o u n d d e f e n s e a n d a strong rushing attack propelled the Steelers to a 26-9 victory over the Balt imore Ravens at M&T Stadium. Pittsburgh held Baltimore scoreless in the half for the third time in regular-season series history, while scoring 19 unanswered points, including an 11-yard touchdown pass from QB Ben Roethlisberger to rookie WR JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Ravens got on the board in the third quarter with a 42-yard field goal followed by a 16-yard touchdown pass f rom QB Joe F lacco to WR Mike Wal lace . In the fourth quarter, Baltimore’s momentum was put to a stop, as Steelers LB Ryan Shazier and Steelers CB Mike Hilton intercepted Flacco on back-to-back drives. A one-yard touchdown run from RB Le’Veon Bell, his second of the day, seeled a 26-9 victory for Pittsburgh and moved the Steelers into first place in the AFC North. Bell led all rushers with 144 rushing yards and all players with 186 scimmage yards. DE Cameron Heyward f inished the game with 2.0 sacks, marking the third multi-sack game of his regular-season career.

GAME SUMMARY

STEELERS (3-1) 3 16 0 7 26Ravens (2-2) 0 0 9 0 9

TEAM Q TIME PLAY DRIVE SCOREPIT 1 0:22 Boswell 30 yd. FG 16-84; 10:23 3-0PIT 2 7:25 Boswell 49 yd. FG 9-15; 2:59 6-0PIT 2 3:24 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 6-28; 2:24 13-0PIT 2 0:38 Smith-Schuster 11 yd. pass from Roesthlisberger (pass failed) 8-70; 1:35 19-0BAL 3 12:32 Tucker 42 yd. FG 4-(-6); 0:56 19-3BAL 3 6:02 Wallace 16 yd. pass from Flacco (run failed) 3-66; 1:03 19-9PIT 4 2:26 Bell 1 yd. run (Boswell kick) 7-49; 3:11 26-9

TEAM STATISTICS Steelers Ravens1st Downs 22 183rd Downs 7-15 (47%) 5-13 (38%)4th Downs 0-0 (0%) 0-2 (0%)Total Net Yards 381 288Plays-Avg. 73-5.2 68-4.2Rushing Yards 173 82Rush Att.-Avg. 42-4.1 15-5.5Net Passing 208 206Att.-Comp.-Int. 30-18-1 49-31-2Sacks By 4-29 1-8Punts-Avg. 4-37.5 5-44.4Penalties 8-60 6-55Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1

Time of Poss. 35:24 24:31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Pit. – Bell 35-144, 2 TD; Conner 4-26; Heyward-Bey 1-3; Watson 1-1; Roethlisberger 1-(-1). Bal. - Collins 9-82; Allen 2-7; West 4-(-4). PASSING: Pit. – Roethlisberger 30-18-1, 216; TD. Bal. - Flacco 49-31-2, 235, TD. RECEIVING: Pit. – Bell 4-42; Brown 4-34; Bryant 3-48; Smith-Schuster 3-47, TD; James 3-40; Hunter 1-5. Bal. - Wallace 6-55, TD; Allen 6-37; Watson 5-43; Boyle 5-36; Campanaro 4-25; Maclin 3-21; Matthews 1-12; Perriman 1-6.

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Pittsburgh Steelers / Week 4 / Through Sunday, October 1, 2017 / Regular Season

Won 3, Lost 1 9/10/2017 W 21- 18 at Cleveland Browns 9/17/2017 W 26- 9 Minnesota Vikings 9/24/2017 L 17- 23 at Chicago Bears 10/1/2017 W 26- 9 at Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Opponent Total First Downs 79 70 Rushing 23 25 Passing 46 38 Penalty 10 7 3rd Down: Made/Att 19/52 17/52 3rd Down Pct. 36.5% 32.7% 4th Down: Made/Att 0/0 2/7 4th Down Pct. 0.0 28.6% Possession Avg. 31:22 28:38 Total Net Yards 1288 1068 Avg. Per Game 322.0 267.0 Total Plays 255 252 Avg. Per Play 5.1 4.2 Net Yards Rushing 380 452 Avg. Per Game 95.0 113.0 Total Rushes 108 98 Net Yards Passing 908 616 Avg. Per Game 227.0 154.0 Sacked/Yards Lost 7/49 15/109 Gross Yards 957 725 Attempts/Completions 140/87 139/86 Completion Pct. 62.1% 61.9% Had Intercepted 2 4 Punts/Average 20/41.1 23/43.3 Net Punting Avg. 37.8 40.6 Penalties/Yards 37/315 31/320 Fumbles/Ball Lost 4/2 10/3 Touchdowns 10 7 Rushing 3 4 Passing 6 3 Returns 1 0 Score By Periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Pts Team 17 37 20 16 0 90 Opponents 14 13 18 8 6 59 Scoring TD Ru Pa Rt PAT FG 2Pt Pts C.Boswell 0 0 0 0 9/9 7/9 0 30 L.Bell 3 3 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 18 J.James 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 J.Smith-Schuster 2 0 2 0 0/0 0/0 0 12 A.Brown 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 M.Bryant 1 0 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 6 A.Chickillo 1 0 0 1 0/0 0/0 0 6 Team 10 3 6 1 9/9 7/9 0 90 Opponents 7 4 3 0 3/4 4/6 1 59 2-Pt. Conversions: Team 0/ 1, Opponents: 1/ 2 Sacks: A.Chickillo 3.0, C.Heyward 3.0, J.Hargrave 2.0, T.Watt 2.0, B.Dupree 1.5, V.Williams 1.0, M.Hilton 1.0, J.Haden 1.0, S.Tuitt 0.5 Team: 15.0, Opponents: 7.0

Rushing No. Yds Avg Long TD L.Bell 87 324 3.7 21 3 J.Conner 9 46 5.1 23 0 M.Bryant 1 7 7.0 7 0 T.Watson 3 5 1.7 3 0 D.Heyward-Bey 1 3 3.0 3 0 B.Roethlisberger 7 -5 -0.7 6 0 Team 108 380 3.5 23 3 Opponents 98 452 4.6 50 4

Receiving No. Yds Avg Long TD A.Brown 30 388 12.9 50 1 L.Bell 17 98 5.8 18 0 J.James 15 127 8.5 19 2 M.Bryant 10 183 18.3 51 1 J.Smith-Schuster 8 102 12.8 25 2 E.Rogers 6 54 9.0 16 0 J.Hunter 1 5 5.0 5 0 V.McDonald 0 0 0 0 0 Team 87 957 11.0 51 6 Opponents 86 725 8.4 29 3

Interceptions No. Yds Avg Long TD M.Hilton 1 19 19.0 19 0 T.Watt 1 17 17.0 17 0 R.Shazier 1 2 2.0 2 0 J.Wilcox 1 0 0.0 0 0 Team 4 38 9.5 19 0 Opponents 2 30 15.0 30 0

Punting No Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B J.Berry 20 821 41.1 37.8 1 6 59 0 Team 20 821 41.1 37.8 1 6 59 0 Opponents 23 995 43.3 40.6 0 10 62 1

Punt Returns Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD E.Rogers 8 5 46 5.8 15 0 A.Brown 2 1 15 7.5 9 0 Team 10 6 61 6.1 15 0 Opponents 6 7 46 7.7 25 0

Kickoff Returns No. Yds Avg Long TD T.Watson 4 85 21.3 25 0 J.Smith-Schuster 2 24 12.0 20 0 Team 6 109 18.2 25 0 Opponents 10 231 23.1 29 0

Field Goals 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ C.Boswell 0/ 0 1/ 1 3/ 4 3/ 4 0/ 0 Team 0/ 0 1/ 1 3/ 4 3/ 4 0/ 0 Opponents 0/ 0 2/ 2 0/ 0 2/ 3 0/ 1

Fumbles Lost: B.Roethlisberger 1, E.Rogers 1 Total: 2 Opponent Fumble Recoveries: C.Heyward 1, R.Shazier 1, A.Burns 1 Total: 3

Passing Att Cmp Yds Cmp% Yds/Att TD TD% Int Int% Long Sack Lost Rating B.Roethlisberger 140 87 957 62.1% 6.8 6 4.3% 2 1.4% 51 7/ 49 90.7 Team 140 87 957 62.1% 6.8 6 4.3% 2 1.4% 51 7/ 49 90.7 Opponents 139 86 725 61.9% 5.2 3 2.2% 4 2.9% 29 15/ 109 70.6

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2017 PITTSBURGH STEELERS REGULAR-SEASON DEFENSIVE/SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

SPECIAL TEAMS STATISTICS

Player U A Tot

Sacks/Yds. QP Int./Yards

PD FF FR U A Tot FF FR BL Shazier 30 7 37 0/0 1 1/2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Williams 16 3 19 1/10 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Davis 15 2 17 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Heyward 9 7 16 3/18 5 0/0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hilton 11 3 14 1/6 2 1/19 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 Burns 11 2 13 0/0 0 0/0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell 9 4 13 0/0 0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Watt 9 3 12 2/11 2 1/17 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Alualu 6 6 12 0/0 1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chickillo 6 5 11 3/25 4 0/0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Gay 8 2 10 0/0 0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Haden 8 2 10 1/3 1 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Wilcox 8 2 10 0/0 0 1/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dupree 8 2 10 1.5/15.5 3 0/0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Hargrave 5 1 6 2/16 1 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Walton 3 2 5 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tuitt 2 2 4 0.5/4.5 3 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 McCullers 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matakevich 1 0 1 0/0 0 0/0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 Grimble 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Sensabaugh 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 Rogers 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 McDonald 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Canaday 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Moats 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Heyward-Bey 0 0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 TOTALS 166 55 221 15/109 24 2/17 22 5 3 14 4 18 0 0 1 OPPONENTS 156 64 220 7/49 17 2/30 19 3 1 16 0 0 0 3 0

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2017 PITTSBURGH STEELERS DEPTH CHART

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

LDE 97 CAMERON HEYWARD (6-5, 295, 7) 96 L.T. Walton (6-5, 305, 3) NT 79 JAVON HARGRAVE (6-2, 305, 2) 93 Daniel McCullers (6-7, 352, 4)

RDE 91 STEPHON TUITT (6-6, 303, 4) 94 Tyson Alualu (6-3, 304, 8) LOLB 48 BUD DUPREE (6-4, 269, 3) 56 Anthony Chickillo (6-3, 255, 3) 55 Arthur Moats (6-0, 246, 8) LILB 50 RYAN SHAZIER (6-1, 230, 4) 54 L.J. Fort (6-0, 232,3) RILB 98 VINCE WILLIAMS (6-1, 233, 5) 44 Tyler Matakevich (6-1, 235, 2) ROLB 90 T.J. WATT (6-4, 252, R) 92 James Harrison (6-0, 242, 15) LCB 21 JOE HADEN (5-11, 195, 8) 24 Coty Sensabaugh (5-11, 187, 6) 31 Mike Hilton (5-9, 184, 1) FS 23 MIKE MITCHELL (6-1, 221, 9) 27 J.J Wilcox (6-0, 212, 5) SS 28 SEAN DAVIS (6-1, 202, 2) 20 Robert Golden (5-11, 202, 6)

RCB 25 ARTIE BURNS (6-0, 197, 2) 22 William Gay (5-10, 187, 11) 29 Brian Allen (6-3, 215, R)

SPECIAL TEAMS

P 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 3) K 9 CHRIS BOSWELL (6-2, 185, 3) LS 57 KAMERON CANADAY (6-4, 245, 1) H 4 JORDAN BERRY (6-5, 195, 3)

KR 19 JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER (6-1, 215, R) 25 Artie Burns (6-0, 197, 2) 39 Terrell Watson (6-1, 240, 1) PR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 8) - OR - 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 3)

• Rookie

Tyson Alualu ............................................. (Ah-loo ah-loo) Le’Veon Bell ............................................. (Lay-vee-on) Anthony Chickillo ...................................... (Chick-ill-oh) Matt Feiler ................................................. (Fy-ler) Ramon Foster ........................................... (Ruh-moan) Javon Hargrave ........................................ (Jay-von) Tyler Matakevich ...................................... (Matt-uh-kev-ich) Ben Roethlisberger ................................... (Roth-lis-ber-ger) Ryan Shazier ............................................ (Shay-zier) Stephon Tuitt ............................................ (Steff-on Too-it)

WR 84 ANTONIO BROWN (5-10, 181, 8) 17 Eli Rogers (5-10, 187, 3) 19 JuJu Smith-Schuster (6-1, 215, R) LT 78 ALEJANDRO VILLANUEVA (6-9, 320, 3) 65 Jerald Hawkins (6-6, 305, 2) LG 73 RAMON FOSTER (6-5, 328, 9) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 2) C 53 MAURKICE POUNCEY (6-4, 304, 8) 67 B.J. Finney (6-4, 318, 2)

RG 66 DAVID DECASTRO (6-5, 316, 6) 71 Matt Feiler (6-6, 330, 1) RT 77 MARCUS GILBERT (6-6, 330, 7) 74 Chris Hubbard (6-4, 295, 4) TE 81 JESSE JAMES (6-7, 261, 3) 89 Vance McDonald (6-4, 267, 5) 85 Xavier Grimble (6-4, 261, 2) RB 26 LE’VEON BELL (6-1, 225, 5) 30 James Conner (6-1, 233 R) 39 Terrell Watson (6-1, 240, 1) FB 45 ROOSEVELT NIX (5-11, 248, 3) QB 7 BEN ROETHLISBERGER (6-5, 240, 14) 3 Landry Jones (6-4, 225, 5) 5 Joshua Dobbs (6-3, 216, R) WR 10 MARTAVIS BRYANT (6-4, 211, 3) 88 Darrius Heyward Bey (6-2, 210, 9) 11 Justin Hunter (6-4, 203, 5)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2017 GP/GS29 Allen, Brian CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 23 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '17 2/094 Alualu, Tyson DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX) 4/226 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/44 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 4/09 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 4/084 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 4/410 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 4/225 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 4/457 Canaday, Kameron LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17 4/056 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 4/230 Conner, James RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '17 4/028 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 4/466 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 4/45 Dobbs, Joshua QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '17 0/048 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/371 Feiler, Matt OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 3/067 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 3/154 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '17 2/073 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 4/422 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 4/177 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 3/320 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 4/085 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 4/121 Haden, Joe CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'17 4/479 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 4/392 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 3/088 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 4/065 Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 2/097 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 4/431 Hilton, Mike CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '16 4/174 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 4/311 Hunter, Justin WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF) 1/081 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 4/33 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/044 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 4/089 McDonald, Vance TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF) 3/193 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 2/023 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 3/255 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 4/045 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 4/253 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 4/47 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04 4/417 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 3/124 Sensabaugh, Coty CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 28 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG) 4/050 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/419 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 20 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '17 4/191 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 2/278 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 4/496 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 4/039 Watson, Terrell RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '17 4/027 Wilcox, J.J. S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 3/190 Watt, T.J. LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 22 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17 3/398 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 4/4

PRACTICE SQUAD 61 Friend, Kyle C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '17 0/046-D Galambos, Matt LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '17 0/042 Hagen, Jacob S 6-3 205 03/16/92 25 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/095 Hooks, Lavon DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17 0/041 Huguenin, Farrington LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '17 0/080 McGee, Jake TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '17 0/013 Thomas, Justin WR 5-11 185 03/15/94 23 R Georgia Tech Pratville, AL UDFA'17 0/035 Phillips, Dashaun CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS) 0/033 Toussaint, Fitzgerald RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 0/016 Tucker, Marcus WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '16 0/0

RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Stafford, Daimion S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN) 0/0

INJURED RESERVE99 Adams, Keion LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17 0/034 Crawford, Antonio CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'17 0/038 Ducre, Greg CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'17 0/062 Matthews, Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '17 0/034 Sutton, Cameron CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '17 0/0

Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

Experience Includes 2017 Season

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ 2017 GP/GS29 Allen, Brian CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 23 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '17 2/03 Jones, Landry QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '13 0/04 Berry, Jordan P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '15 4/05 Dobbs, Joshua QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '17 0/07 Roethlisberger, Ben QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04 4/49 Boswell, Chris K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '15 4/010 Bryant, Martavis WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '14 4/211 Hunter, Justin WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF) 1/017 Rogers, Eli WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '15 3/119 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 20 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '17 4/120 Golden, Robert S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '12 4/021 Haden, Joe CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'17 4/422 Gay, William CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '13 4/123 Mitchell, Mike S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR) 3/224 Sensabaugh, Coty CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 28 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG) 4/025 Burns, Artie CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '16 4/426 Bell, Le'Veon RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '13 4/427 Wilcox, J.J. S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 3/128 Davis, Sean S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '16 4/430 Conner, James RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '17 4/031 Hilton, Mike CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '16 4/139 Watson, Terrell RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '17 4/044 Matakevich, Tyler LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '16 4/045 Nix, Roosevelt FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15 4/248 Dupree, Bud LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '15 3/350 Shazier, Ryan LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '14 4/453 Pouncey, Maurkice C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '10 4/454 Fort, L.J. LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '17 2/055 Moats, Arthur LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF) 4/056 Chickillo, Anthony LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '15 4/257 Canaday, Kameron LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17 4/065 Hawkins, Jerald OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '16 2/066 DeCastro, David G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '12 4/467 Finney, B.J. C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '15 3/171 Feiler, Matt OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16 3/073 Foster, Ramon G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '09 4/474 Hubbard, Chris C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '13 4/377 Gilbert, Marcus OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '11 3/378 Villanueva, Alejandro OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14 4/479 Hargrave, Javon DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '16 4/381 James, Jesse TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '15 4/384 Brown, Antonio WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '10 4/485 Grimble, Xavier TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '15 4/188 Heyward-Bey, Darrius WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND) 4/089 McDonald, Vance TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF) 3/190 Watt, T.J. LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 22 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17 3/391 Tuitt, Stephon DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '14 2/292 Harrison, James LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '14 3/093 McCullers, Daniel DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '14 2/094 Alualu, Tyson DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX) 4/296 Walton, L.T. DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '15 4/097 Heyward, Cameron DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11 4/498 Williams, Vince LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13 4/4

PRACTICE SQUAD 13 Justin Thomas WR 5-11 185 03/15/94 23 R Georgia Tech Pratville, AL UDFA'17 0/016 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '16 0/033 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '15 0/035 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS) 0/041 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '17 0/042 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 25 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '16 0/046-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '17 0/061 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '17 0/080 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '17 0/095 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17 0/0

RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN) 0/0

INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'17 0/034 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '17 0/038 Ducre, Greg CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'17 0/062 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '17 0/099 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17 0/0

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER

Experience Includes 2017 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ

3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '135 Joshua Dobbs QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '177 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '04

26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '1330 James Conner RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '1739 Terrell Watson RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '1745 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '15

10 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '1411 Justin Hunter WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF)17 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '1519 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 20 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '1784 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '1088 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND)

81 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '1585 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '1589 Vance McDonald TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF)

53 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '1065 Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '1666 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '1267 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '1571 Matt Feiler OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '1673 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '0974 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '1377 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '1178 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '14

79 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '1691 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '1493 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '1494 Tyson Alualu DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX)96 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '1597 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '11

44 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '1648 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '1550 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '1454 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '1755 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF)56 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '1590 T.J. Watt LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 22 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '1792 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '1498 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '13

20 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '1221 Joe Haden CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'1722 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '1323 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR)24 Coty Sensabaugh CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 28 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG)25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '1627 J.J. Wilcox S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 28 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '1629 Brian Allen CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 23 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '1731 Mike Hilton CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '16

SPECIALISTS (3)4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '159 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '1557 Kameron Canaday LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '17

PRACTICE SQUAD 13 Justin Thomas WR 5-11 185 03/15/94 23 R Georgia Tech Pratville, AL UDFA'1716 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '1633 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '1535 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS)41 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '1742 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 25 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '1646-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '1761 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '1780 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '1795 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17

RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN)

INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'1734 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '1738 Greg Ducre CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'1762 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '1799 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17

Number of Players on Active Roster: 53

Head Coach: Mike Tomlin

Assistant Coaches: John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

OFFENSIVE LINEMEN (9)

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN (6)

LINEBACKERS (9)

DEFENSIVE BACKS (10)

DEFENSE (25)

WIDE RECEIVERS (6)

TIGHT ENDS (3)

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 POSITIONAL ROSTER

QUARTERBACKS (3)

RUNNING BACKS (4)

OFFENSE (25)

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NO NAME POS HT WT DOB AGE EXP COLLEGE BIRTHPLACE HOW ACQ15th YEAR (1)92 James Harrison LB 6-0 242 05/04/78 39 15 Kent State Akron, OH FA '1414th YEAR (1)7 Ben Roethlisberger QB 6-5 240 03/02/82 35 14 Miami (OH) Findlay, OH D1 '0411th YEAR (1)22 William Gay CB 5-10 187 01/01/85 32 11 Louisville Tallahassee, FL FA '139th YEAR (3)23 Mike Mitchell S 6-1 221 06/10/87 30 9 Ohio Fort Thomas, KY UFA '14 (CAR)73 Ramon Foster G 6-5 328 01/07/86 31 9 Tennessee Henning, TN UDFA '0988 Darrius Heyward-Bey WR 6-2 210 02/26/87 30 9 Maryland Silver Spring, MD UFA '14 (IND)8th YEAR (5) 21 Joe Haden CB 5-11 195 04/14/89 28 8 Florida Fort Washington, MD FA'1753 Maurkice Pouncey C 6-4 304 07/24/89 28 8 Florida Lakeland, FL D1 '1055 Arthur Moats LB 6-0 246 03/14/88 29 8 James Madison Portsmouth, VA UFA '14 (BUF)84 Antonio Brown WR 5-10 181 07/10/88 29 8 Central Michigan Miami, FL D6b '1094 Tyson Alualu DE 6-3 304 05/12/87 30 8 California Honolulu, HI UFA '17 (JAX)7th YEAR (2)77 Marcus Gilbert OT 6-6 330 02/15/88 29 7 Florida Fort Lauderdale, FL D2 '1197 Cameron Heyward DE 6-5 295 05/06/89 28 7 Ohio State Pittsburgh, PA D1 '116th YEAR (3)20 Robert Golden S 5-11 202 09/13/90 27 6 Arizona Fresno, CA UDFA '1224 Coty Sensabaugh CB 5-11 187 11/15/88 28 6 Clemson Kingsport, TN UFA '17 (NYG)66 David DeCastro G 6-5 316 01/11/90 27 6 Stanford Bellevue, WA D1 '125th YEAR (6)3 Landry Jones QB 6-4 225 04/04/89 28 5 Oklahoma Artesia, NM D4b '1311 Justin Hunter WR 6-4 203 05/20/91 26 5 Tennessee Virginia Beach, VA UFA '17 (BUF)26 Le'Veon Bell RB 6-1 225 02/18/92 25 5 Michigan State Reynoldsburg, OH D2 '1327 J.J. Wilcox S 6-0 212 02/14/91 26 5 Georgia Southern Cairo, GA TR'17 (TB) 89 Vance McDonald TE 6-4 267 06/13/90 27 5 Rice Winnie, TX TR'17 (SF)98 Vince Williams LB 6-1 233 12/27/89 27 5 Florida State Davenport, FL D6b '134th YEAR (4)50 Ryan Shazier LB 6-1 230 09/06/92 25 4 Ohio State Fort Lauderdale, FL D1 '1474 Chris Hubbard C/G 6-4 295 04/23/91 26 4 UAB Columbus, GA UDFA '1391 Stephon Tuitt DE 6-6 303 05/23/93 24 4 Notre Dame Miami, FL D2 '1493 Daniel McCullers DT 6-7 352 08/11/92 25 4 Tennessee Raleigh, NC D6b '143rd YEAR (11)4 Jordan Berry P 6-5 195 03/18/91 26 3 Eastern Kentucky Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FA '159 Chris Boswell K 6-2 185 03/16/91 26 3 Rice Fort Worth, TX FA '1510 Martavis Bryant WR 6-4 211 12/20/91 25 3 Clemson Calhoun Falls, SC D4 '1417 Eli Rogers WR 5-10 187 12/23/92 24 3 Louisville Miami, FL UDFA '1545 Roosevelt Nix FB 5-11 248 03/30/92 25 3 Kent State Reynoldsburg, OH FA '1548 Bud Dupree LB 6-4 269 02/12/93 24 3 Kentucky Macon, GA D1 '1554 L.J. Fort LB 6-0 232 01/03/90 27 3 Northern Iowa Granite City, IL FA '1756 Anthony Chickillo LB 6-3 255 12/10/92 24 3 Miami (FL) Tampa, FL D6b '1578 Alejandro Villanueva OT 6-9 320 09/22/88 29 3 Army Meridian, MS FA '1481 Jesse James TE 6-7 261 06/04/94 23 3 Penn State Glassport, PA D5 '1596 L.T. Walton DE 6-5 305 03/31/92 25 3 Central Michigan Clinton Township, MI D6a '152nd YEAR (7)25 Artie Burns CB 6-0 197 05/01/95 22 2 Miami (FL) Miami, FL D1 '1628 Sean Davis S 6-1 202 10/23/93 23 2 Maryland Washington, DC D2 '1644 Tyler Matakevich LB 6-1 235 12/22/92 24 2 Temple Stratford, CT D7b '1665 Jerald Hawkins OT 6-6 305 10/16/93 23 2 LSU Baldwin, LA D4 '1667 B.J. Finney C/G 6-4 318 10/26/91 25 2 Kansas State Wichita, KS UDFA '1579 Javon Hargrave DT 6-2 305 02/07/93 24 2 South Carolina State Salisbury, NC D3 '1685 Xavier Grimble TE 6-4 261 09/22/92 25 2 USC Las Vegas, NV FA '151st YEAR (4)39 Terrell Watson RB 6-1 240 08/22/93 24 1 Azusa Pacific Los Angeles, CA FA '1731 Mike Hilton CB 5-9 184 03/09/94 23 1 Mississippi Fayetteville, GA FA '1657 Kameron Canaday LS 6-4 245 08/20/92 25 1 Portland State Eugene, OR FA '1771 Matt Feiler OT 6-6 330 07/07/92 25 1 Bloomsburg (PA) Strasburg, PA FA '16ROOKIES (5)5 Joshua Dobbs QB 6-3 216 01/26/95 22 R Tennessee Alpharetta, GA D4 '1719 JuJu Smith-Schuster WR 6-1 215 11/22/96 20 R USC Long Beach, CA D2 '1729 Brian Allen CB 6-3 215 10/21/93 23 R Utah La Marque, TX D5 '1730 James Conner RB 6-1 233 05/05/95 22 R Pittsburgh Erie, PA D3b '1790 T.J. Watt LB 6-4 252 10/11/94 22 R Wisconsin Pewaukee, WI D1 '17

PRACTICE SQUAD 13 Justin Thomas WR 5-11 185 03/15/94 23 R Georgia Tech Pratville, AL UDFA'1716 Marcus Tucker WR 5-10 190 05/24/92 25 1 Northern Michigan Flint, MI UDFA '1633 Fitzgerald Toussaint RB 5-9 204 05/04/90 27 4 Michigan Youngstown, OH FA '1535 Dashaun Phillips CB 5-11 186 01/03/91 26 3 Tarleton State Duncanville, TX TR'17 (WAS)41 Farrington Huguenin LB 6-4 268 05/08/92 25 1 Kentucky Columbia, SC FA '1742 Jacob Hagen S 6-3 205 03/16/92 25 1 Liberty Orange Park, FL FA '1646-D Matt Galambos LB 6-1 239 03/21/95 22 R Pittsburgh Collingdale, PA UDFA '1761 Kyle Friend C 6-2 305 04/03/94 23 1 Temple Harrisburg, PA FA '1780 Jake McGee TE 6-5 250 09/19/91 26 1 Flordia Richmond, VA FA '1795 Lavon Hooks DE 6-3 312 01/23/92 25 1 Mississippi Atlanta, GA FA '17

RESERVE/DID NOT REPORT30-D Daimion Stafford S 6-1 218 02/18/91 26 5 Nebraska Norco, CA UFA '17 (TEN)

INJURED RESERVE34 Antonio Crawford CB 5-10 184 02/02/94 23 R West Virginia Tampa, FL UFDA'1734 Cameron Sutton CB 5-11 188 02/27/95 22 R Tennessee Jonesboro, GA D3a '1738 Greg Ducre CB 5-10 183 01/22/92 25 2 Washington Los Angeles, CA FA'1762 Mike Matthews C 6-2 300 01/27/94 23 1 Texas A&M Sugar Land, TX FA '1799 Keion Adams LB 6-2 245 06/08/95 22 R Western Michigan Salisbury, NC D7 '17

Head Coach: Mike TomlinAssistant Coaches:

PITTSBURGH STEELERS 2017 ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

John Mitchell (Asst. Head Coach/Defensive Line); Todd Haley (Offensive Coordinator); Keith Butler (Defensive Coordinator); Danny Smith (Special Teams Coordinator); James Daniel (Tight Ends); Randy Fichtner (Quarterbacks); Carnell Lake (Defensive Backs); Richard Mann (Wide Receivers); Mike Munchak (Offensive Line); Jerry Olsavsky (Inside Linebackers); Joey Porter (Outside Linebackers); James Saxon (Running Backs); Shaun Sarrett (Offensive Asst.); Steve Meyer (Coaching Asst.); Daniel Martin Rooney (Coaching Asst.); Garrett Giemont (Conditioning Coordinator); Marcel Pastoor (Conditioning Asst.)

Experience Includes 2017 SeasonNumber of Players on Active Roster: 53

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2017 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 1/24/17 RB Gus Johnson Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Karlos Williams Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 RB Dreamius Smith Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 CB Brandon Dixon Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 CB Mike Hilton Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 OL Keavon Milton Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 OL Matt Feiler Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 S Jacob Hagen Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 WR Marcus Tucker Reserve/Future Contract 1/24/17 WR Dez Stewart Reserve/Future Contract 1/27/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Reserve/Future Contract 1/30/17 CB Greg Ducre Reserve/Future Contract 2/2/17 LS Greg Warren Re-Signed (One-Year Contract) 2/6/17 CB Justin Gilbert Released 2/13/17 DT Lavon Hooks Signed Contract 2/13/17 DT Roy Philon Signed Contract 2/14/17 CB Devonte Johnson Signed Contract 2/14/17 LB Akil Blount Signed Contract 2/14/17 LB Jason Fanaika Signed Contract 2/14/17 OL Kyle Friend Signed Contract 2/14/17 OL Mike Matthews Signed Contract 2/14/17 RB Trey Williams Signed Contract 2/15/17 LB Steven Johnson Re-Signed (One-Year Contract) 2/21/17 LS Kameron Canady Signed Contract 2/21/17 P A.J. Hughes Signed Contract 2/22/17 TE Ryan Malleck Signed Contract 2/27/17 RB Le’Veon Bell Exclusive Franchise Tag 2/27/17 WR Antonio Brown Signed New Contract (Five Years) 3/1/17 LB James Harrison Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/6/17 OT Ryan Harris Reserve/Retired List 3/9/17 TE David Johnson Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/9/17 QB Landry Jones Re-Signed (Two-Year Contract) 3/9/17 RB Karlos Williams Released 3/15/17 WR Justin Hunter Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, BUF) 3/20/17 RB Knile Davis Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, KC) 3/20/17 CB Coty Sensabaugh Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, NYG) 3/21/17 DE Tyson Alualu Signed Two-Year Contract (UFA, JAX) 4/6/17 G Chris Hubbard Signed Restricted Free Agent Tender 4/17/17 CB Ross Cockrell Signed Restricted Free Agent Tender 4/19/17 LB Jason Fanaika Released 4/25/17 WR Martavis Bryant Reinstated (Conditional Basis) 4/27/17 LB T.J. Watt Drafted 4/28/17 WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Drafted 4/28/17 CB Cameron Sutton Drafted 4/28/17 RB James Conner Drafted 4/29/17 QB Joshua Dobbs Drafted 4/29/17 CB Brian Allen Drafted 4/29/17 LS Colin Holba Drafted 4/29/17 LB Keion Adams Drafted 4/29/17 DT Nelson Adams Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 DT Christian Brown Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 G Ethan Cooper Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 DE Francis Kallon Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 LB Keith Kelsey Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 TE Scott Orndoff Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 QB Nick Schuessler Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 RB Rushel Shell Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 4/29/17 CB Terrish Webb Agreed To Terms (UDFA) 5/1/17 QB Zach Mettenberger Released 5/2/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 5/2/17 RB Gus Johnson Released 5/2/17 WR Canaan Severin Released 5/2/17 CB Al-Hajj Shabazz Released 5/5/17 LS Kameron Canady Released 5/5/17 WR Dez Stewart Waived/Injured 5/5/17 OT Jake Rodgers Signed Contract 5/8/17 CB Brian Allen Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/10/17 LB Keion Adams Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/11/17 LS Colin Holba Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/11/17 RB James Conner Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/12/17 RB Dreamius Smith Released 5/16/17 LB Matt Galambos Signed Contract (UDFA) 5/16/17 TE Phazahn Odom Signed Contract (UDFA)

Date Pos. Name Transaction 5/16/17 TE Ryan Malleck Released 5/16/17 CB Devonte Johnson Released 5/17/17 LB Akil Blount Released 5/17/17 QB Nick Schuessler Released 5/17/17 WR Canaan Severin Signed Contract 5/17/17 QB Bart Houston Signed Contract 5/17/17 WR JuJu Smith-Schuster Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/18/17 LS Greg Warren Released (Failed Physical) 5/18/17 TE Ladarius Green Released (Failed Physical) 5/18/17 RB Terrell Watson Signed Contract 5/22/17 QB Joshua Dobbs Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 5/30/17 P A.J. Hughes Released 5/30/17 S Daimion Stafford Signed One-Year Contract (UFA, TEN) 5/30/17 LS Kameron Canaday Signed Contract 6/13/17 CB Cameron Sutton Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 6/14/17 RB Rushel Shell Released 6/14/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Signed Contract 6/14/17 LB T.J. Watt Signed Rookie Contract (Four-Years) 7/27/17 OT Alejandro Villanueva Signed New Contract (Four Years) 7/2717 WR Sammie Coates Placed on PUP List 7/27/17 WR Canaan Severin Placed on PUP List 7/27/17 S Daimion Stafford Placed on Did Not Report List 7/28/17 S Malik Golden Signed Contract 7/29/17 WR Canaan Severin Activated from PUP List 8/2/17 TE Scott Orndoff Waived/Injured 8/2/17 TE Jake McGee Signed 8/3/17 TE Scott Orndoff Reserve/Injured List 8/5/17 DE Nelson Adams Released 8/5/17 CB JaCorey Shepherd Signed 8/8/17 C Mike Matthews Waived/Injured 8/817 C Lucas Crowley Signed 8/14/17 WR Canaan Severin Released 8/14/17 LB Austin Gearing Signed 8/16/17 WR Sammie Coates Activated from PUP List 8/23/17 RB Brandon Brown-Dukes Released 8/23/17 CB Greg Ducre Waived/injured 8/23/17 C Lucas Crowley Traded (WAS) 8/23/17 CB DaShaun Phillips Acquired via trade (WAS) 8/24/17 CB Antonio Crawford Waived/Injured 8/25/17 C Ruben Carter Signed 8/29/17 TE Vance McDonald Acquired via trade (SF) 8/29/17 DE Christian Brown Released 8/29/17 TE Phazahn Odom Released 8/31/17 CB Joe Haden Signed 9/2/17 WR Sammie Coates Traded (CLE) 9/2/17 CB Ross Cockrell Traded (NYG) 9/2/17 WR Demarcus Ayers Released 9/2/17 C Ruben Carter Released 9/2/17 OL Ethan Cooper Released 9/2/17 RB Knile Davis Released 9/2/17 CB Brandon Dixon Released 9/2/17 C Kyle Friend Released 9/2/17 LB Matt Galambos Released 9/2/17 LB Austin Gearing Released 9/2/17 S Malik Golden Waived/Injured 9/2/17 CB Senquez Golson Released 9/2/17 S Jacob Hagen Released 9/2/17 WR Cobi Hamilton Released 9/2/17 LS Colin Holba Released 9/2/17 DE Lavon Hooks Released 9/2/17 QB Bart Houston Released 9/2/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Released 9/2/17 TE David Johnson Released 9/2/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/2/17 DE Francis Kallon Released 9/2/17 LB Keith Kelsey Released 9/2/17 DE Johnny Maxey Released 9/2/17 TE Jake McGee Released 9/2/17 OT Brian Mihalik Released 9/2/17 OL Keavon Milton Released 9/2/17 CB Dashaun Phillips Released 9/2/17 DT Roy Philon Released 9/2/17 OT Jake Rodgers Released 9/2/17 CB JaCorey Shepherd Released

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2017 ROSTER MOVES Date Pos. Name Transaction 9/2/17 WR Justin Thomas Released 9/2/17 RB Fitzgerald Toussaint Released 9/2/17 WR Marcus Tucker Released 9/2/17 S Terrish Webb Released 9/2/17 RB Trey Williams Released 9/3/17 C Kyle Friend Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 LB Matt Galambos Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 S Jacob Hagen Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 DE Lavon Hooks Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 LB Farrington Huguenin Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 TE Jake McGee Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 CB Dashaun Phillips Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 RB Fitzgerald Toussaint Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 WR Marcus Tucker Signed to Practice Squad 9/3/17 S J.J. Wilcox Acquired via trade (TB) 9/4/17 WR Justin Thomas Signed to Practice Squad 9/4/17 LB Steven Johnson Signed 9/4/17 S Jordan Dangerfield Waived/Injured 9/4/17 CB Cameron Sutton Reserve/Injured List 9/9/17 DE Stephon Tuitt Signed New Contract (Six Years) 9/9/17 RB Le’Veon Bell Activated 9/9/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/12/17 LB L.J. Fort Terminated 9/12/17 LB Steven Johnson Signed 9/13/17 LB Matt Galambos Released from Practice Squad 9/13/17 LB L.J. Fort Signed to Practice Squad 9/20/17 WR Justin Thomas Released from Practice Squad 9/20/17 OL Jake Rodgers Signed to Practice Squad 9/23/17 LB Steven Johnson Released 9/23/17 LB L.J. Fort Signed

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HOW THE 2017 STEELERS WERE BUILT

Year-Record (Finish) Draft Choices (27) Free Agents (13) Trades (2) Undrafted Free Agents (5) Unrestricted Free Agents (6)

2004: 15-1 (1st AFC North) QB Ben Roethlisberger (#1) 2009: 9-7 (3rd AFC North) G Ramon Foster UDFA 2010: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) C Maurkice Pouncey (#1) WR Antonio Brown (#6b) 2011: 12-4 (T-1st AFC North) DE Cameron Heyward (#1) OT Marcus Gilbert (#2) 2012: 8-8 (3rd AFC North) G David DeCastro (#1) S Robert Golden UDFA 2013: 8-8 (2nd AFC North) RB Le’Veon Bell (#2) CB William Gay FA QB Landry Jones (#4b) C/G Chris Hubbard UDFA LB Vince Williams (#6b) 2014: 11-5 (1st AFC North) LB Ryan Shazier (#1) OT Alejandro Villanueva FA DE Stephon Tuitt (#2) S Mike Mitchell UFA (CAR) WR Martavis Bryant (#4) LB James Harrison FA DT Daniel McCullers (#6b) WR Darrius Heyward-Bey UFA (IND) LB Arthur Moats UFA (BUF) 2015: 10-6 (2nd AFC North) LB Bud Dupree (#1) TE Xavier Grimble FA TE Jesse James (#5) C/G B.J. Finney UDFA DE L.T. Walton (#6a) WR Eli Rogers UDFA LB Anthony Chickillo (#6b) P Jordan Berry FA K Chris Boswell FA FB Roosevelt Nix FA 2016: 11-5 (1st AFC North) CB Artie Burns (#1) CB Mike Hilton FA S Sean Davis (#2) OT Matt Feiler FA DT Javon Hargrave (#3) OT Jerald Hawkins (#4) LB Tyler Matakevich (#7b) 2017: 2-1 (T-1st AFC North) LB T.J. Watt (#1) DE Tyson Alualu UFA (JAX) WR JuJu Smith-Schuster (#2) CB Coty Sensabaugh UFA (NYG) RB James Conner (#3b) WR Justin Hunter UFA (BUF) QB Joshua Dobbs (#4) RB Terrell Watson FA CB Brian Allen (#5) LS Kameron Canaday FA TE Vance McDonald TR (SF) CB Joe Haden UFA (CLE) S J.J. Wilcox TR (TB) LB L.J. Fort FA

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2017 Starting Lineups

Date Opponent WR LT LG C RG RT TE WR QB RB FB

10-Sep at CLE Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert James Bryant Roethlisberger Bell Rogers (WR)

17-Sep MIN Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Gilbert Hubbard James (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Nix

24-Sep at CHI Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard James Bryant (WR) Roethlisberger Bell Grimble

(WR)

1-Oct at BAL Brown Villanueva Foster Pouncey DeCastro Hubbard McDonlad Finney (TE) Roethlisberger Bell Nix

Date Opponent LE NT RE LOLB LILB RILB ROLB LCB RCB SS FS

10-Sep at CLE Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Chickillo Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Mitchell

17-Sep MIN Heyward Hilton (DB) Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Gay

24-Sep at CHI Heyward Hargrave Alualu Dupree Shazier Williams Chickillo Haden Burns Davis Mitchell

1-Oct at BAL Heyward Hargrave Tuitt Dupree Shazier Williams Watt Haden Burns Davis Wilcox

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2017 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec D 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 12 16 26 4 10 17 25 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 Injury 2017 CLE MIN CHI BAL JAK KAS CIN DET IND TEN GB CIN BAL NE HOU CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names Adams, Keion IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 4 0/0 Allen, Brian SI P SI P 2/0 0/0 0 2/0 Alualu, Tyson P RDE RDE P 114/90 18/0 0 4/2 Bell, Le'Veon RB RB RB RB 51/51 51/51 0 4/4 Berry, Jordan P P P P 36/0 36/0 0 4/0 Boswell, Chris P P P P 31/0 8/0 0 4/0 Brown, Antonio WR WR WR WR 105/78 4/4 0 4/4 Bryant, Martavis P P WR P 25/10 4/0 0 4/1 Burns, Artie RCB RCB RCB RCB 20/13 20/13 0 4/4 Canaday, Kameron P P P P 4/0 4/0 0 4/0 Chickillo, Anthony LOLBP LOLB P 26/9 4/1 0 4/2 Conner, James P P P P 4/0 4/0 0 4/0 Crawford, Antonio IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 4 0/0 Davis, Sean SS SS SS SS 20/13 20/11 0 4/4 DeCastro, David RG RG RG RG 71/70 60/60 0 4/4 Dobbs, Joshua SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Dupree, Bud SI LOLB LOLB LOLB 27/13 3/3 0 3/3 Feiler, Matt SI SI P P 2/0 2/0 0 2/0 Finney, B.J. DNP P P TE 16/4 3/1 0 3/1 Fort, L.J. P PS P P 35/2 2/0 0 3/0 Foster, Ramon LG LG LG LG 120/105 8/8 0 4/4 Friend, Kyle PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Galambos, Matt PS PS - - 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Gay, William P FS P P 164/102 164/0 0 4/0 Gilbert, Marcus RT RT DNP SI 78/77 0/0 1 2/2 Golden, Robert P P P P 80/10 4/0 0 4/0 Grimble, Xavier P P TE P 17/3 4/1 0 4/1 Haden, Joe LCB LCB LCB LCB 94/85 13/13 0 4/4 Hagen, Jacob PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hargrave, Javon NT P NT NT 19/16 7/2 0 4/13 Harrison, James P DNP P SI 189/117 0/0 0 2/0 Hawkins, Jerald SI SI SI SI 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Heyward, Cameron LDE LDE LDE LDE 91/56 4/4 0 4/4 Heyward-Bey, Darrius P P P P 118/69 6/0 0 4/0 Hilton, Mike P DB P P 4/1 4/0 0 4/1 Hooks, Lavon PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hubbard, Chris P TE RT RT 27/7 20/3 0 4/3 Huguenin, Farrington PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Hunter, Justin SI SI SI P 49/18 1/0 0 1/0 James, Jesse TE TE TE P 28/18 28/0 0 4/3 Johnson, Steven - P - - 64/7 0/0 0 1/0 Jones, Landry DNP DNP DNP DNP 15/4 0/0 0 0/0 Matakevich, Tyler P P P P 20/0 20/0 0 4/0 Matthews, Mike IR IR IR IR 0/0 0/0 4 0/0 Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad PUP — Reserve/PUP List SUS — Reserve/Suspended IR — Reserve/Injured List DFR — Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return

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2017 PLAYER PARTICIPATION Games 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Sep Sep Sep Oct Oct Oct Oct Oct Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec D 10 17 24 1 8 15 22 29 12 16 26 4 10 17 25 31 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2017 Injury 2017 CLE MIN CHI BAL JAK KAS CIN DET IND TEN GB CIN BAL NE HOU CLE Career Consec. Games Games/ G/S G/S Missed Starts Names McCullers, Daniel SI DNP P SI 38/1 0/0 0 1/0 McDonald, Vance P SI P TE 51/31 3/1 0 3/1 McGee, Jake PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Mitchell, Mike P P FS SI 127/73 66/0 0 3/2 Moats, Arthur P P P P 111/45 68/0 0 4/0 Nix, Roosevelt P FB P FB 29/7 12/1 0 4/2 Phillips, Dashaun PS PS PS PS 11/2 0/0 0 0/0 Pouncey, Maurkice C C C C 81/81 4/3 0 4/4 Roethlisberger, Ben QB QB QB QB 189/187 4/4 0 4/4 Rogers, Eli WR P P SI 16/9 0/0 0 3/1 Sensabaugh, Coty P P P P 76/29 4/0 0 4/0 Shazier, Ryan RILB RILB RILB RILB 38/33 17/13 0 4/4 Smith-Schuster, JuJu WR P P P 4/1 4/1 0 4/1 Thomas, Justin PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Toussaint, Fitzgerald PS PS PS PS 25/0 0/0 0 0/0 Tucker, Marcus PS PS PS PS 0/0 0/0 0 0/0 Tuitt, Stephon RDE SI SI RDE 46/34 1/0 0 2/2 Villanueva, Al LT LT LT LT 36/30 36/30 0 4/4 Watson, Terrell P P P P 4/0 5/0 0 4/0 Walton, L.T. P P P P 20/4 11/0 0 4/0 Watt, T.J. ROLB ROLB SI ROLB 3/3 1/0 0 3/3 Willcox, J.J. P SI P FS 62/39 2/1 0 3/1 Williams, Vince RILB RILB RILB RILB 67/21 67/4 0 4/4 Bold denotes starter and position P — Played DNP — Did Not Play SI — Sunday Inactive PS — Practice Squad PUP — Reserve/PUP List SUS — Reserve/Suspended IR — Reserve/Injured List DFR — Reserve/Injured; Designated For Return

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2017 INDIVIDUAL HIGHS

OPPONENTS STEELERS RUSHING

at CHI (9/24) Jordan Howard 23 Rushes 35 Le’Veon Bell at BAL (10/1) at CHI (9/24) Jordan Howard 140 Yards 144 Le’Veon Bell at BAL (10/1) at BAL (10/1) Alex Collins 50 Long 23 James Conner at BAL (10/1) at CHI (9/24) Jordan Howard 2 TDs 2 Le’Veon Bell at BAL (10/1) RECEIVING at BAL (10/1) Mike Wallace 10 Receptions 11 Antonio Brown at CLE (9/10) at BAL (10/1) Mike Wallace 55 Yards 182 Antonio Brown at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) Ricardo Louis 29 Long 51 Martavis Bryant MIN (9/17) at CLE (9/10) Corey Coleman 1 TDs 2 Jesse James at CLE (9/10) at CHI (9/24) Adam SHaheen 1 at BAL (10/1) Mike Wallace 1 PASSING at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 49 Attempts 39 Ben Roethlisberger at CHI (9/24) at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 31 Completions 24 Ben Roethlisberger at CLE (9/10) at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 235 Yards 263 Ben Roethlisberger at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) DeShone Kizer 29 Long 51 Ben Roethlisberger MIN (9/17) at CLE (9/10) DeShone Kizer 1 TDs 2 Ben Roethlisberger at CLE (9/10) at CHI (9/24) Mike Glennon 1 2 Ben Roethlisberger MIN (9/17) at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 1 at BAL (10/1) Joe Flacco 2 INTs 1 Ben Roethlisberger at CLE (9/10) 1 Ben Roethlisberger at BAL (10/1) PUNT RETURNS at CLE (9/10) Jabrill Peppers 3 Returns 3 Eli Rogers at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) Jabrill Peppers 34 Yards 32 Eli Rogers at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) Jabrill Peppers 25 Long 13 Eli Rogers at CLE (9/10) TDs KICKOFF RETURNS at CHI (9/24) Deonte Thompson 3 Returns 2 Terrell Watson at BAL (10/1) at CHI (9/24) Deonte Thompson 69 Yards 36 Terrell Watson at BAL (10/1) at CHI (9/24) Deonte Thompson 29 Long 25 Terrell Watson MIN (9/17) at BAL (10/1) Michael Campanaro 29 TDs PUNTS MIN (9/17) Ryan Quigley 6 Punts 6 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) at CHI (9/24) Pat O’Donnell 6 at CHI (9/24) Pat O’Donnell 267 Yards 275 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) Britton Colquitt 48.4 Avg. 45.8 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) MIN (9/17) Ryan Quigley 44.2 Net 40.2 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) at CHI (9/24) Pat O’Donnell 62 Long 59 Jordan Berry at CLE (9/10) at CLE (9/10) Britton Colquitt 3 In 20 3 Jordan Berry at CHI (9/24) MIN (9/17) Ryan Quigley 3 Touchbacks 1 Jordan Berry at CHI (9/24) INTERCEPTIONS at CLE (9/10) Derrick Kindred 1 Interceptions 1 T.J. Watt at CLE (9/10) at BAL (10/1) Eric Weddle 1 1 J.J. Wilcox at CHI (9/24) 1 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) 1 Mike Hilton at BAL (10/1) at CLE (9/10) Derrick Kindred 30 Long Return 19 Mike Hilton at BAL (10/1) TDs

TACKLES at BAL (10/1) C.J. Mosley 12 Total 11 Ryan Shazier at CHI (9/24) 11 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) at BAL (10/1) C.J. Mosley 10 Solo 11 Ryan Shazier at CHI (9/24) 11 Ryan Shazier at BAL (10/1) MIN (9/17) Eric Kendricks 6 Assisted 4 Cameron Heyward MIN (9/17) MIN (9/17) Everson Griffen 2.0 Sacks 2.0 T.J. Watt at CLE (9/10) 2.0 Anthony Chickillo at CLE (9/10) 2.0 Cameron Heyward at BAL (10/1)

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2017 DRIVE ENGINEERING

Steelers

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st STEELERS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 10 at CLE 10 2 0 0 0 6 0 7 1 1 0 28:50 21 20% Punt Sept. 17 MIN 12 2 4 0 0 5 0 22 0 0 0 34:22 26 16% Punt Sept. 24 at CHI 11 2 1 0 0 4 0 19 2 0 0 27:34 17 18% Punt Oct. 1 at BAL 11 3 1 1 0 4 0 22 1 1 0 35:29 26 36% Field goal

Opponents

REGULAR SEASON No. Missed Blkd Blkd Scoring 1st OPPONENTS Drives TD FG FG FG Punt Punt Downs Fum. Int. Safety Time Pts Effic. Drive Sept. 10 at CLE 11 2 1 0 0 5 1 7 1 1 0 31:10 18 27% Blocked Punt Sept. 17 MIN 12 1 1 0 0 6 0 14 0 0 0 25:38 9 8.3% Punt Sept. 24 at CHI 13 3 1 0 1 5 0 18 5 1 0 33:59 23 23% Punt Oct. 1 at BAL 12 1 1 1 0 5 0 18 3 1 0 24:31 9 12% Punt

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2017 STEELERS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON Drive Score Time

Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain at Cleveland Punt Matakevich punt block recovery - - - 7-0 1 12:44 at Cleveland Punt J. James 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 12 68 5:26 7-7 2 0:45 at Cleveland Kickoff J. James 2 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 6 75 3:50 21-10 3 5:37 Minnesota Punt M. Bryant 27 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 9 78 2:18 7-0 1 3:02 Minnesota Punt Smith-Schuster 4 yd. pass from Roethlisberger 5 60 3:12 14-0 2 13:31 Minnesota Downs Boswell 46 yd. field goal 4 8 2:06 17-3 3 12:19 Minnesota Kickoff Boswell 29 yd. field goal 10 74 4:52 20-9 3 5:05 Minnesota Punt Boswell 37 yd. field goal 11 64 4:44 23-9 4 3:18 Minnesota Downs Boswell 43 yd. field goal 4 5 0:20 26-9 4 1:53 at Chicago Punt Brown 7 yd. from Roethlisberger 13 77 7:11 7-7 2 5:42 at Chicago Fumble Bell 1 yd. run 6 16 2:42 14-17 3 6:43 at Chicago Interception Bosewell 32 yd. field goal 4 7 0:54 17-17 4 8:03 at Baltimore Punt Bosewell 30 yd. field goal 16 84 10:23 3-0 1 0:22 at Baltimore Punt Bosewell 49 yd. field goal 9 15 2:59 6-0 2 7:25 at Baltimore Fumble Bell 1 yd. run 6 28 2:24 13-0 2 3:24 at Baltimore Punt Smith-Schuster 11 yd. from Roethlisberger 8 70 1:35 19-0 2 0:38 at Baltimore Interception Bell 1 yd. run 7 49 3:11 26-9 4 2:26

2017 OPPONENTS SCORING DRIVES

REGULAR SEASON

Drive Score Time Opponent Obtained Scoring Play Plays Yards Time Pit-Opp Qtr Remain at Cleveland Kickoff Kizer run for 1yd. 12 68 5:25 14-7 1 0:22 at Cleveland Punt Gonzalez 24 yd. field goal 7 53 4:29 14-10 3 9:27 at Cleveland Kickoff Coleman 3 yd. from Kizer 8 73 3:05 21-18 4 3:36 Minnesota Kickoff K. Forbath 42 yd. field goal 11 51 4:41 14-3 2 8:50 Minnesota Kickoff C. Hamm 1 yd. run 6 82 2:22 17-9 3 9:57 at Chicago muffed punt Howard 3 yd. run 6 29 3:24 0-7 1 9:09 at Chicago kickoff Shaheen 2 yd. from Glennon 9 75 4:59 7-14 2 0:43 at Chicago Kickoff Barth 24 yd. field goal 1 0 0:00 7-17 2 0:00 at Chicago Kickoff Howard 19 yd. run 4 74 1:33 23-17 5 8:27 at Baltimore Interception Tucker 42 yd. field goal 4 -6 0:56 19-3 3 12:32 at Baltimore Missed FG Wallace 16 yd. from Flacco 3 66 1:03 26-9 3 6:02

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THIRD/FOURTH DOWN CONVERSIONS

REGULAR SEASON

THIRD DOWN FOURTH DOWN Date Opponent Made Att. Pct. Made Att. Pct. 9/10/17 STEELERS 5 13 38% 0 0 0% at Cleveland 3 12 25% 2 2 100% 9/17/17 STEELERS 8 26 30.8% 0 0 0% Minnesota 8 27 29.6% 2 5 40% 9/24/17 STEELERS 4 11 36% 0 0 0% at Chicago 4 12 33% 0 0 0% 10/1/17 STEELERS 7 15 47% 0 0 0% at Baltimore 5 13 38% 0 2 0% 10/8/17 STEELERS Jacksonville 10/15/17 STEELERS at Kansas City 10/22/17 STEELERS at Cincinnati 10/29/17 STEELERS at Detroit 11/12/17 STEELERS at Indianapolis 11/16/17 STEELERS at Indianapolis 11/26/17 STEELERS at Green bay 12/4/17 STEELERS at Cincinnati 12/10/17 STEELERS Baltimore 12/16/17 STEELERS New England 12/25/16 STEELERS at Houston 12/25/16 STEELERS Cleveland STEELERS 24 65 36% 0 0 0% OPPONENTS 20 64 31% 4 9 44%